Ex-licensee hit with bill for almost £3,700 over pub ‘ingrained with dirt and grease’
A former licensee was slapped with a £1,600 fine and ordered to pay more than £2,000 in costs after environmental health officers found dozens of food hygiene violations at his pub.
The officers found grease-coated equipment, cigarette butts discarded in a bowl in the kitchen, spillages that had not been cleaned up and old equipment left in stagnant water when they visited the Northgate in Oldham, Greater Manchester in November 2015.
Philip Elton, who ran the pub at the time but has since left the business, pleaded guilty to five breaches of food hygiene laws at Tameside Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 1 February this year.
He was fined a total of £1,600 and ordered to pay costs of £2,050 with a £32 victim surcharge.
