Sources have stated that an Indian restaurant in Britain whose owner was jailed for six years after being convicted for the death of a customer with a nut allergy has apologized to the dead man’s family. It was stated that Mohammed Zaman, 53, the owner of Indian Garden in Easingwold, a town in England, was convicted of Paul Wilson’s manslaughter following a trial at Teesside Crown Court in May.
It is said that Wilson, 38, had asked for a chicken tikka masala with “no nuts”, but the curry he was given had been cooked with a ground nut mix containing peanuts, despite the request being clearly marked on the lid of his meal and he had a fatal anaphylactic shock at his home in Helperby, North Yorkshire, in January 2014 and the email, sent out by the restaurant, titled “Our Apology”, describes the outcome of the case as “somewhat disappointing” and goes on to promote a “new dessert menu” and its “Saturday special” lassis.
The court has heard last month that Zaman, who is said to have almost £300,000 (over $4.2 million) of business debts, took a “reckless and cavalier attitude to risk” and “put profit before safety” and it is understood he switched from almond powder to the cheaper nut mix in order to cut costs, where Wilson has died three weeks after a teenage customer at another of Zaman’s six restaurants suffered an allergic reaction which required hospital treatment.
