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The owner of an Indian restaurant in North Yorkshire has been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence following the death of one of his customers.The owner of an Indian restaurant in North Yorkshire has been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence following the death of one of his customers.
Paul Wilson, 38, had a fatal allergic reaction to peanuts after eating a takeaway curry made by the Indian Garden restaurant in Easingwold in January last year.Paul Wilson, 38, had a fatal allergic reaction to peanuts after eating a takeaway curry made by the Indian Garden restaurant in Easingwold in January last year.
Mr Wilson, a bar manager from Sheffield, who had a six-year-old son, collapsed and died in the bathroom of the Oak Tree pub where he worked in Helperby, near Thirsk.Mr Wilson, a bar manager from Sheffield, who had a six-year-old son, collapsed and died in the bathroom of the Oak Tree pub where he worked in Helperby, near Thirsk.
He suffered a severe anaphylactic shock - and his death prompted a major investigation by trading standards officers into food fraud, where peanuts are used in place of almonds.He suffered a severe anaphylactic shock - and his death prompted a major investigation by trading standards officers into food fraud, where peanuts are used in place of almonds.
In the first case of its kind in Britain, Mohammed Khalique Zaman, 52, from York, who owns a string of award-winning outlets - including the Indian Garden - has now been charged with manslaughter by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).In the first case of its kind in Britain, Mohammed Khalique Zaman, 52, from York, who owns a string of award-winning outlets - including the Indian Garden - has now been charged with manslaughter by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
He has also been charged with perverting the course of justice and an employment offence under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.He has also been charged with perverting the course of justice and an employment offence under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Mr Zaman is due to appear at Northallerton magistrates court on April 24.Mr Zaman is due to appear at Northallerton magistrates court on April 24.
Peter Mann, head of the complex casework unit at the CPS Yorkshire and Humberside, said there was "sufficient evidence" to bring charges against him, The Guardian reported.Peter Mann, head of the complex casework unit at the CPS Yorkshire and Humberside, said there was "sufficient evidence" to bring charges against him, The Guardian reported.
Mr Wilson died before the introduction of new laws stipulating that caterers must provide allergy information on unpackaged foods.Mr Wilson died before the introduction of new laws stipulating that caterers must provide allergy information on unpackaged foods.
Around one in ten deaths a year in Britain are due to allergies to foods like nuts. There are up to ten deaths a year in Britain due to allergies to foods like nuts.