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Edinburgh tram works blamed for mouse problems
30/01/2012
The owner of an Edinburgh chip shop that has repeatedly violated public hygiene regulations, has blamed the tram works in the Scottish capital for the persistent mouse problem that is plaguing his shop.
Carlo Crolla, who own the Clifton Fish and Chicken Bar in Haymarket, said that the works have disrupted mice and sent them scurrying into places like his shop, leaving him in a “nightmare” situation.
Mr Crolla was speaking out after health inspectors closed his shop for the third time in three years, after discovering a number of mice on the premises.
Health inspector Mark Herron pinned a note to the shop front, in which he said, “Effective mouse control is not taking place AGAIN. Two dead mice were found behind the fridges upstairs and one in the basement.
“Pest control have not visited since November 1, 2011.”
Mr Crolla told The Scotsman newspaper that the tram works were ruining his business and causing tremendous difficulties for others in the vicinity
“I’ve been running the shop for ten years and I never had any problems until the tram works, which are digging up all the mice nests,” he said. “All the shops along this street have problems with mice, but my shop is particularly old.”
Mr Crolla will make his case before Edinburgh Sheriff Court in the next few weeks.
