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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gwyn Wright

Pret A Manger fined £800,000 after employee’s ‘shocking’ ordeal trapped in walk-in freezer

PA Wire

Pret A Manger has been fined £800,000 after one of its workers was left fearing for her life while stuck in one of its freezers.

Westminster City Council said the employee became trapped in the walk-in commercial freezer, which typically has its temperature set at -18C, for two and a half hours while working at the chain’s Victoria Coach Station shop on July 29 2021.

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