A former Exeter restaurant owner who was fined for failing to meet hygiene standards has been jailed.
Gulam Choudhury, 48, of Cowick Street, Exeter, has been committed to prison for 19 days for the non-payment of a £7892.37 in fines which were imposed in December 2010.
City magistrates said he had demonstrated culpable neglect.
Choudhury, was fined in 2010 at Exeter Crown Court after admitting failing to comply with a hygiene improvement notice at the Tandoori Nights restaurant in South Street.
He failed to properly run a documented food safety management system, then told inspectors he was "too busy".
Earlier, Choudhury had been fined £17,500 at the same court, after admitting failing to comply with hygiene improvement notices at the Maharajah Indian restaurant.
Health inspectors found evidence of rats, flies and weevils at the restaurant, in Cowick Street, St Thomas.
In 2011, he admitted being the director of Spice Merchant (Exeter) Ltd when he was an undischarged bankrupt.
Choudhury also admitted using the name of Spice Merchant (Exeter) Ltd trading as Tandoori Nights, without leave of the court.
