THE owner of an Indian restaurant accused of the manslaughter of a customer who suffered a fatal allergic reaction to peanuts after eating a meal has appeared before a judge.
Mohammed Zaman, 52, owner of the Indian Garden, in Easingwold, North Yorkshire, appeared at Teesside Crown Court charged over the death of Paul Wilson.
Mr Wilson, 38, suffered a severe anaphylactic reaction and died after buying a curry from the restaurant in January last year. It was claimed he requested no nuts.
Zaman was in court before Judge Simon Bourne-Arton for a brief preliminary hearing and no pleas were entered.
As well as manslaughter by gross negligence, the restaurant boss is charged with perverting the course of justice by forging a food safety training certificate, an immigration offence relating to the employee who served the contaminated meal, and food safety offences.
Richard Wright QC, prosecuting, said it was "plainly a novel case in many ways".
Zaman, from Huntington, York, was bailed to appear at the same court on September 7 for a plea and directions hearing.
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