An Indian restaurant has closed its doors for good after a string of food safety and hygiene breaches.

Abdul Wadoon Masood - the director of the company that ran the India in Meadfield Road, Langley - and its manager Ehteshamul Hoque, were ordered to pay £2,270 after pleading guilty to 10 charges including failing to keep the premises clean, failing to train or ensure the personal hygiene of food handlers and failing to provide adequate drainage.

The pair were sentenced at Reading magistrates court on March 10. But a case brought separately against the company - Langley Tandoori Ltd - was adjourned until last Friday.

It was subsequently dropped when the limited company went into voluntary liquidation.

Councillor Paul Sohal, Slough Borough Council's commissioner for regulation and consumer protection, said: “Our food and safety team are out every day, visiting hundreds of food premises in Slough each year and they work tirelessly to protect consumers from harm.

“Repeated breaches of food safety and hygiene regulations meant that we had no other choice than to pursue Langley Tandoori Limited through the courts.

“I hope this serves as a warning to other food businesses that we take the safety of consumers very seriously.”

The council’s food and safety team initially visited The India in March 2016 - a year before the court appearance of Mr Masood and Mr Hoque, when a number of food safety and hygiene breaches were identified.

The business voluntarily closed at the time, made improvements and reopened. But it was subsequently sold and is no longer trading.

*The 10 charges that Mr Masood and Mr Hoque were convicted of were: failing to keep premises clean (£100 fine); failing to clean equipment in contact with food (£150 fine); failing to have HACCP based food safety management systems in place (£100 fine); failing to maintain surfaces of equipment in a sound condition (£100); failing to keep food contact equipment in good repair (£150 fine); failing to cool foods quickly after cooking (£150 fine); failing to make sure food handlers maintained a good degree of personal hygiene (£150 fine); failing to train food handlers in line with their work (£100 fine); failing to properly register the business (£50 fine); failing to provide adequate drainage to the wash basin (£200 fine).