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A pub chef and manager have been jailed for perverting the course of justice over the death of a woman who got food poisoning from a Christmas dinner.A pub chef and manager have been jailed for perverting the course of justice over the death of a woman who got food poisoning from a Christmas dinner.
Della Callagher died after eating at the Railway Hotel in Hornchurch in 2012. Thirty others fell ill. Della Callagher, 46, died after eating at the Railway Hotel in Hornchurch in 2012. Another 33 people fell ill.
Chef Mehmet Kaya and Ann-Marie McSweeney were jailed at Snaresbrook Crown Court for 12 and 18 months.Chef Mehmet Kaya and Ann-Marie McSweeney were jailed at Snaresbrook Crown Court for 12 and 18 months.
Mitchells and Butlers (M&B), the chain which owned the pub, was fined £1.5m for placing unsafe food on the market. The court heard they fabricated food safety records relating to the cooling and re-cooking of turkey meat.
False records
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard that on Christmas Day 2012 the pub cooked lunch for 128 customers.
But the turkeys prepared the day before were not cooled properly after cooking and not adequately reheated before being served to the guests.
Clostridium perfringens bacterium, a common cause of food poisoning, was later found in samples taken from the diners who fell ill.
The court was told that food safety records had not been filled in so McSweeney, who had worked at the hotel for 24 years, concocted a plan for her and Kaya to falsify them.
The jury heard Kaya, 38, from Purfleet, Essex and McSweeney, 40, from Suttons Avenue, Hornchurch retrospectively filled out due diligence logs before health inspectors could carry out an investigation.
Prosecutor Andrew Campbell-Tiech QC said it was "highly likely that other food-related records were fabricated".
'Deep regret''Deep regret'
His Honour Judge Alastair Hammerton said the evidence revealed "systematic failings" in record keeping and that McSweeney was "in charge and in control of the cover-up".
Mitchells and Butlers (M&B), the chain which owned the pub, was fined £1.5m for placing unsafe food on the market.
In a statement, the company said it "deeply regretted" the matter.In a statement, the company said it "deeply regretted" the matter.
"The individuals concerned had committed acts which were not in accordance with Mitchells & Butlers' food safety procedures and practices," it said."The individuals concerned had committed acts which were not in accordance with Mitchells & Butlers' food safety procedures and practices," it said.
"The conduct for which they have been found guilty and have now been sentenced was entirely their own actions and in no way represents conduct acceptable to, or condoned by, M&B.""The conduct for which they have been found guilty and have now been sentenced was entirely their own actions and in no way represents conduct acceptable to, or condoned by, M&B."
Kaya, 38, was from Purfleet in Essex while McSweeney, 40, was from Suttons Avenue, Hornchurch.
Clostridium perfringens bacterium, a common cause of food poisoning, was found in samples taken from the affected diners.