The owner of an independent cinema in St Albans is believed to have broken asbestos regulations and will be appearing in court later this month.

James Hannaway from Berkhamsted will appear at Stevenage Magistrates’ Court on November 26 for three charges made by the Health and Safety Executive.

The first, is for breaking Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the second is for breaking regulation 5 of Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006.

The third is breaking regulation 16 of the same act but the 2012 revision.

The Health and Safety Executive has alleged that work had been undertaken at the cinema which exposed or was liable to expose employees to asbestos.