Rockliffe was landlord of the Bristol Inn in Clevedon.
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A pub landlord whose health and safety failings caused a boy to suffer serious head injuries has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Bristol Crown Court heard that Andrew Rockliffe, who was running the Bristol Inn, in Clevedon, failed to ensure an inflatable slide he put in the garden was safe to use.
In a prosecution brought by North Somerset Council, Rockliffe, aged 51 of Cannons Gate, pleaded guilty to a health and safety breach as an employer.
He was given a 10-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months and was ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work and pay a £140 victim surcharge.
Child seriously injured after falling from slide in pub garden
Publican Andrew Rockliffe s health and safety failings led to the child being seriously hurt
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Failings by a successful publican culminated in a youngster suffering serious injury.
Andrew Rockliffe turned the Bristol Inn at Clevedon into a thriving concern that was in the running for an award and raised money for charity.
But Bristol Crown Court heard he didn t ensure an inflatable slide he put in the garden was safe to use.
It resulted in a young lad sustaining a serious head injury when he fell from it in August 2018.