A business owner is facing jail after four children shattered their legs at his American-themed trampoline park.
Philip Booth, 60, failed to tell power when a boy and girl, both aged three and two girls, aged nine and 11, were hurt at his park.
A court heard they suffered wounds while jumping on trampolines and into foam pits at Supajump in Cardiff Bay, Wales.
The park boasts 20,000 marketplace feet of interconnected trampolines along with “angled walls, scheme airbag, slam dunk basketball, and a battle beam”.
Between April 2018 and August 2019 Cardiff Magistrates’ Court get the children’s injury.
Booth, of St Mellons, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to four counts of business to report an accident at the park.
He also admitted to two compute of failing to ensure people were not exposed to health and safety risks while using play equipment.
The court heard another young woman hurt a spinal injury at the park, but Booth has not been charged over that incident.
District Judge Steve Harmes said: “I’ve assessed this case at the very high fault, category two harm because a bruise such as this is serious and could’ve been more serious.
“You clearly and blatantly ignore the law, disregarded the advice you were given by the council, and all these injuries occurred: none of which were reported, some of which there was an effort on the staff’s part to minimize them by telling people to cross things out on forms that were handed in about what happened.
The owner of an indoor trampoline park could face jail after a fault to report four children breaking their legs at the attraction. A boy and girl, both three, and two more girls, nine and 11, were hurt while leaping on trampolines and into foam pits at Supajump in Trident Trade Park, Cardiff, between April 2018 and August 2019.
The venue’s director Philip Booth, 60, from St Mellons, Cardiff, was told by a district judge he had shown “blatant ignore for the law” and that the crime are so serious he would be mentioned to the crown court for sentencing.
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In September 2022, after a prosecution by Cardiff City Council, Booth pleaded guilty to four counts of failing to report an accident that saw a person taken to hospital and two counts of shortcomings to ensure people were not exposed to health and safety risks from using play apparatus.
At Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, District Judge Steve Harmes said: “I’ve revealed this case at the very high fault, category two harm because injuries such as this are serious and could’ve been more serious.”
He said another young woman suffered a spinal injury at the trampoline park but Booth has not been asking about that incident. He continued: “That wasn’t recognized and you won’t be sentenced for it, but that’s the sort of thing that can happen in these cases, so I don’t think my punishment powers are adequate in this case.
“You plainly and blatantly disregarded the law, disregarded the advice you were given by the council, and all these injuries occurred, none of which were described, some of which there was an attempt on staff’s part to minimize them by telling people to cross things out on forms that were handed in about what happened.
A boy and girl, both three, and two more girls, nine and 11, were hurt while springing on trampolines and into spindrift pits at Supajump in Trident Trade Park, Cardiff, South Wales, between April 2018 and August 2019.
The venue’s director Philip Booth, 60, was prosecuted by Cardiff City Council in September 2022, where he discipline guilty to four counts of failing to report an accident and two counts of failing to ensure people were not exposed to health and safety risks from using play equipment.
At Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, a district judge told Booth he had shown ‘blatant disregard for the law,’ and the offenses were so serious he would be referred to the crown court for sentencing.
Judge Steve Harmes said: ‘I’ve evaluated this case at the very high culpability, category two harm because injuries such as this are judge and could’ve been more serious.’
He said another young woman hurt a spinal bruise at the trampoline park, but Booth has not been exact about that incident.
He continued: ‘That wasn’t patch and you won’t be sentenced for it, but that’s the sort of thing that can happen in these cases, so I don’t think my punishment powers are adequate in this case.
