A fish and chip shop at the centre of a suspected E.coli outbreak had already been warned over poor hygiene, it emerged last night.
The Llay Fish Bar was awarded zero stars out of a possible five in a council inspection and given a year to clean up its act.
But, just days before it was due to be reinspected, four customers fell seriously ill after contracting the potentially lethal food poisoning.
An emergency inspection at the shop in Wrexham, North Wales, last week also revealed flies on pizza toppings and a lack of soap and cleaning materials.
Last night, two of the sick customers, Karen Morrisroe-Clutton, 32, and three-year-old, Abigail Hennessey, were fighting for life.
Mrs Morrisroe-Clutton, a librarian, is in a medically induced coma in Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
She ate a veggie burger from the takeaway last week.
Her mother, Rose Morrisroe, said: 'She started with stomach trouble, then developed sickness and was passing blood.
'The doctor became worried and sent for tests, after which she was admitted to intensive care.
'She's been in a medically-induced coma since then and is on kidney dialysis and a plasma exchange machine.
'Things are improving slightly but she's not out of danger yet.'
Abigail was admitted to hospital with renal failure.
She was transferred to the specialist Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool where her parents, Jeffrey, 38, and Sarah are maintaining a bedside vigil.
Residents living close to the Llay Fish Bar - which has now been closed down - condemned its hygiene standards and said there had been other food scares since last summer's scathing report.
One former customer, Neil Stephens, 44, claims he was struck down by food poisoning after eating a chicken kebab from the takeaway last July.
He said: 'Within 24 hours I was hit by diarrhoea, severe stomach cramps and agonising cramps almost as if I was having a heart attack.'
He called NHS Direct and an ambulance was sent round and he was treated in hospital before being discharged. He said: 'It took me three weeks to recover fully and I lost two stone in weight.'
The inspection last August by Wrexham Council found a litany of problems.
It rated the chip shop 'zero stars' out of a maximum five.
The report said there were 'poor hygiene conditions found' and 'some major non-compliance with food legislation'.
A follow-up inspection was due to take place later this month. But last Thursday, after four people fell ill, the shop was closed.
On Monday, the council obtained a court order for it to remain shut while inquiries continue.
During the hearing, environmental health inspector Rebecca Pomeroy told magistrates that an emergency hygiene prohibition notice was served on the Llay Fish Bar on July 31.
She said inspectors noted there was no soap at a hand basin, no means to dry hands except a tea towel and there were hardly any cleaning materials at the premises.
The court also heard there was evidence of flies on the pizza toppings in the chiller.
Pierre Bartlett, solicitor for Ramazan Aslan, owner of the chip shop, said his client was cooperating with the investigation.
Most types of E.coli, short for Escherichia coli, are harmless but the 0157 strain can cause a lifethreatening condition called haemolytic uremic syndrome, which leads to renal failure and the destruction of red blood cells.
Dr Judy Hart, consultant in communicable disease control at the National Public Health Service for Wales said the symptoms could range from mild diarrhoea, stomach cramps and fever to bloody diarrhoea.
'Most people recover without complications, but the most severe cases can develop kidney failure.' continues here
Am I missing something, this establishment was given “zero stars out of a possible five in a council inspection” yet was not closed down, zero, not one, not two, but zilch nada, nothing, naught, it had been given the lowest possible rating an establishment could get and still was allowed to remain open, no warning to the wider community, no week or two to clean up its act, instead it was given “a year to clean up its act”, a year, one whole year twelve months, twelve months in which the wider community were left uninformed and subject to potentially fatal infection. It beggars belief doesn’t it, that whilst tyrannical health and safety officials concoct ridiculous schemes to blight our life’s, that establishments, that are a known risk to the general public, are permitted to remain open, perhaps we are all better off eating at home.
The Llay Fish Bar was awarded zero stars out of a possible five in a council inspection and given a year to clean up its act.
But, just days before it was due to be reinspected, four customers fell seriously ill after contracting the potentially lethal food poisoning.
An emergency inspection at the shop in Wrexham, North Wales, last week also revealed flies on pizza toppings and a lack of soap and cleaning materials.
Last night, two of the sick customers, Karen Morrisroe-Clutton, 32, and three-year-old, Abigail Hennessey, were fighting for life.
Mrs Morrisroe-Clutton, a librarian, is in a medically induced coma in Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
She ate a veggie burger from the takeaway last week.
Her mother, Rose Morrisroe, said: 'She started with stomach trouble, then developed sickness and was passing blood.
'The doctor became worried and sent for tests, after which she was admitted to intensive care.
'She's been in a medically-induced coma since then and is on kidney dialysis and a plasma exchange machine.
'Things are improving slightly but she's not out of danger yet.'
Abigail was admitted to hospital with renal failure.
She was transferred to the specialist Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool where her parents, Jeffrey, 38, and Sarah are maintaining a bedside vigil.
Residents living close to the Llay Fish Bar - which has now been closed down - condemned its hygiene standards and said there had been other food scares since last summer's scathing report.
One former customer, Neil Stephens, 44, claims he was struck down by food poisoning after eating a chicken kebab from the takeaway last July.
He said: 'Within 24 hours I was hit by diarrhoea, severe stomach cramps and agonising cramps almost as if I was having a heart attack.'
He called NHS Direct and an ambulance was sent round and he was treated in hospital before being discharged. He said: 'It took me three weeks to recover fully and I lost two stone in weight.'
The inspection last August by Wrexham Council found a litany of problems.
It rated the chip shop 'zero stars' out of a maximum five.
The report said there were 'poor hygiene conditions found' and 'some major non-compliance with food legislation'.
A follow-up inspection was due to take place later this month. But last Thursday, after four people fell ill, the shop was closed.
On Monday, the council obtained a court order for it to remain shut while inquiries continue.
During the hearing, environmental health inspector Rebecca Pomeroy told magistrates that an emergency hygiene prohibition notice was served on the Llay Fish Bar on July 31.
She said inspectors noted there was no soap at a hand basin, no means to dry hands except a tea towel and there were hardly any cleaning materials at the premises.
The court also heard there was evidence of flies on the pizza toppings in the chiller.
Pierre Bartlett, solicitor for Ramazan Aslan, owner of the chip shop, said his client was cooperating with the investigation.
Most types of E.coli, short for Escherichia coli, are harmless but the 0157 strain can cause a lifethreatening condition called haemolytic uremic syndrome, which leads to renal failure and the destruction of red blood cells.
Dr Judy Hart, consultant in communicable disease control at the National Public Health Service for Wales said the symptoms could range from mild diarrhoea, stomach cramps and fever to bloody diarrhoea.
'Most people recover without complications, but the most severe cases can develop kidney failure.' continues here
Am I missing something, this establishment was given “zero stars out of a possible five in a council inspection” yet was not closed down, zero, not one, not two, but zilch nada, nothing, naught, it had been given the lowest possible rating an establishment could get and still was allowed to remain open, no warning to the wider community, no week or two to clean up its act, instead it was given “a year to clean up its act”, a year, one whole year twelve months, twelve months in which the wider community were left uninformed and subject to potentially fatal infection. It beggars belief doesn’t it, that whilst tyrannical health and safety officials concoct ridiculous schemes to blight our life’s, that establishments, that are a known risk to the general public, are permitted to remain open, perhaps we are all better off eating at home.
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