A Brixton butcher has been fined £5,500 after a customer found cat faeces in a box of chicken he had bought.

Environmental Health officers discovered a stray cat had been roaming the premises at AM Quality Halal Meat Limited, 32 Atlantic Road after lab tests had confirmed meat had been contaminated with faeces.

The company was fined £4,000 for selling the contaminated meat, £1,000 for the cat on the premises and £500 for failing to notify Lambeth Council that the business had recently changed ownership. The company was also ordered to pay costs of £300, making a total of £5,800.