By: Keerthi Mohan
Takeaway bosses Mohammed Abdul Kuddus and Harun Rashid have been found guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of Megan Lee, a 15-year-old who suffered an allergic reaction after ordering food from the Royal Spice in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Megan reportedly had shared a takeaway meal from a friend’s house and Megan, who has a nut allergy, had an “immediate reaction” after eating a seekh kebab starter. She had reportedly told her friend her mouth “feels funny, a bit tingly.” The jury at Manchester Crown Court found Rashid guilty of failing to discharge a general duty of employers, contrary to the Health and…
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