A MAN says he is still seriously ill 16 months after eating a dodgy kebab. John Inglesby, 76, was struck down with severe diarrhoea , vomiting , abdominal pain and sweats after munching the chicken shish with salad last year. A stool sample confirmed he was one of more than 50 customers to contract shigella bacteria from Marmaris Kebab House in Abergavenny, Wales .
The intestinal infection is highly contagious and is spread when a person swallows a small amount of it from the stool of someone who is infected. Someone may contract shigella if they eat food prepared by someone who has it and didn't wash their hands, for example. The outbreak happened in February 2023 when customers ate contaminated food from the takeaway.
More than 50 people fell ill with food poisoning symptoms ; 11 were hospitalised. Owners Sami Abdullah and Hassan Saritag pleaded guilty to placing unsafe food on the market, failing to put in place food safety procedures, and failing to register new owners at the business last month. John visited the kebab shop on February 10, 2023, after he returned to work following the death of his wife.
He was prescribed a dose of antibiotics to help his recovery, but a year later he says he's still suffering from ongoing gastric complications. John, who has now launched legal action, said: "When I went back to work, I was still struggling with grief and decided to visit my regular kebab shop. "I'm not one to get stomach aches, so when I started to feel unwell, I knew som.
