Dad who ‘can’t stop farting’ after eating ham roll five years ago sues Christmas market for £200k
23.07.2022 - 20:59
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A dad who claims he hasn’t been able to stop farting after eating a ham roll at a Christmas market five years ago has launched a £200,000 compensation case. Tyrone Prades believes he has suffered a “severe and life-changing injury” after scoffing the festive ham hock sandwich at Blackpool’s Frankfurt Christmas Market in December 2017.
The 46-year-old says he continues to suffer from serious stomach issues, including chronic flatulence, after contracting salmonella which left him bed-bound for five weeks. The Mirror reports that Mr Prades is also allegedly kept awake at night by “churning noises” coming from his belly and wants Frankfurt Christmas Market Ltd to pay damages.
However, the company denies blame and claims there was no salmonella bacteria at the ham hock stall. According to documents filed at the High Court in London, Mr Prades, of Chippenham, Wilts, went to the market with his wife and children on December 9, 2017.
Within 24 hours, he was ill, suffering with stomach cramps, fever, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, stated his lawyer, Robert Parkin. He was bed-bound for five weeks and remained ill for months, being described by a medic seven months later as "noticeably pale...very thin and tired."
"The claimant began to return to life as normal during 2019, but continued to feel lethargic and to suffer from bouts of diarrhoea and similar complaints," he says. The symptoms are, primarily, fatigue and altered bowel function...associated with 'churning' within his abdomen, and with flatulence.
"The claimant continues to suffer from excessive flatulence, which causes him a great deal of embarrassment. The claimant's stomach continues to make frequent churning noises to the extent that his sleep can become disrupted.