Mehmet Cokgezici, 32, of Wrights Way, Woolpit, ran the Flames Kebabs takeaway van in Station Road, Elmswell, but admitted eight food hygiene offences, including letting bread rolls touch raw meat, at Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court last week.

Cokgezici, the court heard, had repeatedly ignored advice and guidance from environmental health officers from Mid Suffolk District Council.

The first three offences were dated August last year and reflected his failure to comply with notices issued in a July visit, including no hot water for handwashing and inadequate record keeping.

The further five offences for failing to comply with food safety provisions were described as “aggravating” by magistrate Susan Taylor and were dated in December last year, which the court said reflected a continuing failure to comply with any of the notices.

As well as ordering Cokgezici to pay £2,120, magistrates also granted the council’s request for a prohibition notice, banning him from managing a food business for the next three years.