An Indian restaurant has been fined more than £6,000 after failing to clean its filthy kitchen – despite several warnings.

Owners of Passage to India in Whitby pleaded guilty to four offences, including failing to keep the restaurant and takeaway clean, failing to keep equipment clean, not having a food safety management system, and not protecting food against contamination.

Scarborough Borough Council brought the case against the restaurant after a routine inspection of the premises found the state of the kitchen could cause a risk to human health.

The council’s environmental health officer found the state of the kitchen to be unacceptable, with filth surrounding units, appliances and the floor, Scarborough magistrates were told.