An Indian restaurant owner has been found guilty of killing a customer who died from an allergic reaction to a curry.

Debt-ridden Mohammed Zaman, 52, used cheaper groundnut mix - which contained peanuts - rather than almond powder as a way of cutting costs.

But he failed to warn customers and Paul Wilson, 38, who suffered from a severe peanut allergy died after eating a takeaway from Zaman's restaurant.

Zaman was convicted of Wilson's manslaughter at Teesside Crown Court.

Pub manager Paul Wilson insisted his curry must be nut-free nuts when he placed his order at The Indian Garden restaurant in Easingwold, North Yorkshire on January 30th 2014.

His request had been written on the lid of his curry as well as on the order slip at the restaurant.

But Zaman ran a business which deliberately cut corners "for the sake of profit" and left customers "constantly exposed to danger", jurors at Teesside Crown Court were told.

Mr Wilson went into anaphylactic shock and was found dead by his housemate in the bathroom of his home in Helperby, North Yorkshire, hours later.

Zaman cut corners because he was in dire financial straits and was desperate to save money, the court heard.

In June 2013, he met with his supplier and asked him to replace almond powder with groundnut powder - a cheaper alternative.

The supplier told Zaman that he would have to change the warnings on his menu but the restaurant owner ignored him.

Weeks before Mr Wilson's death, a 17-year-old student, who also had a peanut allergy, fell seriously ill after eating from another of Zaman's restaurants.

She was assured by staff that the meal would not contain peanuts.

But tragically for Paul Wilson, Zaman "ignored all of the warnings he was given" and continued to sell meals containing peanuts without notifying allergy sufferers.