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| Easingwold peanut death: Indian Garden owner 'put lives at risk', court hears | Easingwold peanut death: Indian Garden owner 'put lives at risk', court hears |
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| A restaurant owner accused of killing a customer who died from an allergic reaction to a curry "put profit before safety", a court has heard. | A restaurant owner accused of killing a customer who died from an allergic reaction to a curry "put profit before safety", a court has heard. |
| Paul Wilson, 38, suffered a severe anaphylactic shock in January 2014 after eating a takeaway from the Indian Garden in Easingwold, North Yorkshire. | Paul Wilson, 38, suffered a severe anaphylactic shock in January 2014 after eating a takeaway from the Indian Garden in Easingwold, North Yorkshire. |
| Mohammed Zaman, 52, of Aylesham Court, Huntington, denies manslaughter. | Mohammed Zaman, 52, of Aylesham Court, Huntington, denies manslaughter. |
| The restaurant boss "cut corners at every turn", Teesside Crown Court heard. | The restaurant boss "cut corners at every turn", Teesside Crown Court heard. |
| When Mr Wilson ordered a takeaway meal from the restaurant, he had made it clear it must be nut-free, the jury heard. | When Mr Wilson ordered a takeaway meal from the restaurant, he had made it clear it must be nut-free, the jury heard. |
| The court was told "no nuts" was written on the order chit and on the lid of the curry he took to his home in Helperby, near Thirsk. | The court was told "no nuts" was written on the order chit and on the lid of the curry he took to his home in Helperby, near Thirsk. |
| He was found dead later the same evening. | He was found dead later the same evening. |
| 'Ignored all warnings' | 'Ignored all warnings' |
| The jury heard Mr Zaman took a "reckless and cavalier attitude to risk" at the restaurants he owned. | The jury heard Mr Zaman took a "reckless and cavalier attitude to risk" at the restaurants he owned. |
| Richard Wright QC, prosecuting, told the court Mr Zaman had swapped from using almond powder to the cheaper groundnut powder, containing peanuts, in June 2013. | Richard Wright QC, prosecuting, told the court Mr Zaman had swapped from using almond powder to the cheaper groundnut powder, containing peanuts, in June 2013. |
| Despite a warning from his supplier, the prosecutor said, the restaurateur did not warn customers he was using peanut ingredients. | Despite a warning from his supplier, the prosecutor said, the restaurateur did not warn customers he was using peanut ingredients. |
| A week before Mr Wilson's death, Mr Wright said, a trading standards officer found evidence of peanuts in another meal which was said to have been peanut-free, and discovered a box labelled blanched ground peanut in the kitchen of Mr Zaman's Jaipur Spice restaurant in Easingwold. | A week before Mr Wilson's death, Mr Wright said, a trading standards officer found evidence of peanuts in another meal which was said to have been peanut-free, and discovered a box labelled blanched ground peanut in the kitchen of Mr Zaman's Jaipur Spice restaurant in Easingwold. |
| The officer told staff all customers must be informed chefs were using peanuts, the court heard. | The officer told staff all customers must be informed chefs were using peanuts, the court heard. |
| "Mohammed Zaman received numerous warnings that he was putting his customers' health, and potentially their lives, at risk," Mr Wright said. | "Mohammed Zaman received numerous warnings that he was putting his customers' health, and potentially their lives, at risk," Mr Wright said. |
| "Tragically for Paul Wilson, Mohammed Zaman took none of those opportunities and ignored all of the warnings he was given." | "Tragically for Paul Wilson, Mohammed Zaman took none of those opportunities and ignored all of the warnings he was given." |
| The prosecution said the restaurateur knew the food he served "posed a serious health risk". | The prosecution said the restaurateur knew the food he served "posed a serious health risk". |
| Mr Wright said: "Time and again he ignored the danger and did not protect his customers." | Mr Wright said: "Time and again he ignored the danger and did not protect his customers." |
| Mr Zaman has also pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice, and six food safety offences. |