Two Bucks kebab shops have been fined hundreds of pounds after they failed to close during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The owners of JFC, in Kingsbury, Aylesbury and The Food Station, in Churchill Avenue, Aylesbury, have both been fined hundreds over their conduct during the national lockdown last autumn.
Mohammed Ashraf, the owner of JFC, was fined £100 and told to pay £714 in costs after he was found to be the person responsible for a restricted business in a tier one area which failed to stop business.
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Ashraf, of Kingsbury, did not attend the hearing at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on October 20 this year, but he was found guilty in his absence.
It was found that JFC carried on business on October 30, 2020, during the national lockdown when non-essential businesses were ordered to close.
Meanwhile, Kaiser Akhtar, the owner of The Food Station in Market Square, Aylesbury, was ordered to pay even more.
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After admitting to being the person responsible for a restricted business in a tier one area which failed to stop business, Akhtar, of Churchill Avenue, was fined £1,400. He was also ordered to pay £780 in costs.
The court heard how The Food Station remained open on November 11, 2020, despite the national lockdown rules.
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