Indian restaurant owner charged with manslaughter

[Jazzy]

Indian restaurant owner charged with manslaughter after man died from peanut allergy

A restaurant owner has been charged with manslaughter after the death of a customer with a peanut allergy.

Paul Wilson died on January 30 last year following an anaphylactic reaction after eating a takeaway from the Indian Garden restaurant in Easingwold, North Yorkshire.

Mohammed Khalique Zaman, owner of the takeaway restaurant has been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence.

He’s also been charged with perverting the course of justice, and an employment offence under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

Mr Wilson, a bar manager, was found dead at the Oak Tree Inn where he lived and worked in Helperby, North Yorkshire.

One of the last people to see him alive was Paul Horsman who saw him the night before he died waiting for a taxi with a curry.

He said: ‘It was a shock to find out someone I was talking to 12 hours before had died.’

Peter Mann, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: ‘The Crown Prosecution Service has been working closely with North Yorkshire Police in connection with this case.

‘Having carefully considered all of the evidence presented to us, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence, and that it is in the public interest to charge Mohammed Khalique Zaman with manslaughter by gross negligence, perverting the course of justice, and an employment offence under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

‘Accordingly I have today authorised North Yorkshire Police to charge Mohammed Khalique Zaman with these offences and he will first appear at Northallerton Magistrates’ Court shortly.’

Thoughts?

 

[MrDawn]

I'm not surprised. A lot of people have food allergies.