A Waterbury landlord has plead guilty in the death of one of his tenants in a fire.
Narinesammy Ramsammy, 33, was running an illegal apartment unit at 80-82-Fox Street in Waterbury, when fire broke out March 16, 2011, according to prosecutors. His tenant, 33-year-old Pedro Claudio, died in the fire.
The apartment did not have two exits from the attic apartment unit, as required by Connecticut State Fire Safety Code, prosecutors said.
According to the arrest warrant, Ramsammy purchased the house as a two-family unit in 2004, but converted it to a four-family residence without city approval or inspections.
Ramsammy plead guilty to manslaughter under the Alford Doctrine Friday, meaning Ramsammy doesn't admit to doing anything wrong, but concedes the state has enough evidence to convict him.
He will spend two-and-a-half years in prison when he is sentenced in October.
