08/12/2010 - OAP breached food hygiene laws
A 70-year-old woman who provided sandwiches which accidentally poisoned 47 police officers has been handed a suspended prison sentence.
Muriel Morris will have to pay court costs of £16,482.70p and received a four-month jail term, which is suspended for one year.
Nine police officers were taken to hospital during an English Defence League demonstration near New Street station in July 2009 because of the poisoning outbreak, prompting Birmingham City Council to prosecute Morris for four breaches of food hygiene law.
The city's magistrates' court heard that tests conducted on the sandwiches established they had been provided by Morris, of Dorrington Green, Great Barr, Birmingham.
Morris pleaded guilty to four offences relating to the Meal Machine cafe in Nechells, which she no longer runs.
An investigation by the council's food safety team established that officers were given sandwiches provided by Meal Machine at three briefings during the EDL protest and a counter-demonstration.
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