A man is suing a local restaurant for £200,000 because he hasn’t stopped farting since eating a ham roll five years ago.
46-year-old Tyrone Prades bought the sandwich during a visit to the Birmingham Christmas market with his family in 2017.
His lawyers told the court that he suffered stomach cramps, fever, vomiting and diarrhea within hours after eating it and was bedridden for five weeks with salmonella.
He also added that his client has regular and uncontrollable flatulence ever since, embarrassing him in public and waking him up at night.
Parkin said:
“The claimant continues to suffer from excessive flatulence, which causes him a great deal of embarrassment.
“The symptoms are, primarily, fatigue and altered bowel function associated with ‘churning’ within his abdomen and flatulence.
“The claimant’s stomach continues to make frequent churning noises to the extent his sleep can become disrupted.
“The extent of the symptoms has been life-changing.”
The lawyer also alleged that the restaurant in question was closed and deep-cleaned following a Public Health England investigation after other customers who bought food at the market also fell ill.
Prades’ case hinges on whether or not the flooring company boss was suffering from salmonella.
Philip Davy, the barrister for Frankfurt Christmas Market Ltd – which served the ham sandwich – admitted council environmental health officers found e.coli on a knife, but no salmonella.
He also said that, as Prades has not claimed he suffered from an e.coli infection, he must prove the salmonella allegation to receive the payout.
Frankfurt Christmas Market Ltd denies blame but the case will now go to trial.
Rory Badenoch, another of Prades’ lawyers, said that the £200,000 figure could rise considering the ongoing impact on him.
