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| Two men charged with manslaughter over nut allergy death of teenager | Two men charged with manslaughter over nut allergy death of teenager |
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| Megan Lee, 15, had an allergic reaction after eating food from Royal Spice Indian takeaway in Hyndburn, Lancashire | |
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| Tue 5 Dec 2017 20.26 GMT | |
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| Two men have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a teenager who suffered a severe allergic reaction to a takeaway meal. | Two men have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a teenager who suffered a severe allergic reaction to a takeaway meal. |
| Mohammed Abdul Kuddus and Harun Rashid were charged with the manslaughter of 15-year-old Megan Lee, who had an allergic reaction after eating food from Royal Spice Indian takeaway in Hyndburn, Lancashire. | Mohammed Abdul Kuddus and Harun Rashid were charged with the manslaughter of 15-year-old Megan Lee, who had an allergic reaction after eating food from Royal Spice Indian takeaway in Hyndburn, Lancashire. |
| Megan was admitted to hospital in Blackburn on 30 December 2016, and died on New Year’s Day. A postmortem examination showed she died from acute asthma resulting from a nut allergy. | Megan was admitted to hospital in Blackburn on 30 December 2016, and died on New Year’s Day. A postmortem examination showed she died from acute asthma resulting from a nut allergy. |
| Kuddus, 39, from Blackburn, and Rashid, 38, from Haslingden, were also charged with one count of failing to discharge general health and safety duty to a person other than an employee, and one count of contravening or failing to comply with an EU provision concerning food safety and hygiene, Lancashire police said. | Kuddus, 39, from Blackburn, and Rashid, 38, from Haslingden, were also charged with one count of failing to discharge general health and safety duty to a person other than an employee, and one count of contravening or failing to comply with an EU provision concerning food safety and hygiene, Lancashire police said. |
| The company that owned the restaurant at the time of the incident has also been charged with one count of failing to discharge general health and safety duty to a person other than an employee. | The company that owned the restaurant at the time of the incident has also been charged with one count of failing to discharge general health and safety duty to a person other than an employee. |
| Royal Spice takeaway is now trading under new ownership. | Royal Spice takeaway is now trading under new ownership. |
| The case is due before Blackburn magistrates court on 4 January. | The case is due before Blackburn magistrates court on 4 January. |
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