A British fast food operator has been banned from running a restaurant for life after he was cited for making kebabs while an employee's corpse lay nearby.
It all started in August when police were called to the Pappu Sweet Center in Wolverhampton, and discovered a dead body lying on a sofa at the rear of the main kitchen. Opposite the dead body was the owner/cook who was preparing food, making kebabs. The business, owned and operated by 45-year-old Jaswinder Singh was shut down immediately. The police later said the man's death was not suspicious.
According to court testimony, a nearby room contained a large number of flies which were landing on more food. There was also an "awful smell", thawing meat which was oozing blood and covered in flies, and a man smoking and spitting on the filthy floor.
Environmental health officers had cited the shop for violations several times over the previous year. During an earlier visit, officers noted a number of rat droppings and then found a dead rat underneath a cooking pot which had just been laid against a wall to dry.
In addition to a lifetime ban on operating any restaurant, Singh was ordered to pay nearly $8,000 in fines and costs. The shop is now under new management.
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