Fined : Akthar Khan was handed a £4,000 fine and ordered to pay £21,869 in costs after one of his workers lost his fingers while working in his Birmingham supermarket . A food shop owner who was back using a food mincer less than an hour after it had sliced off the fingers of a part-time employee has been ordered to pay out more than £25,000 . Akthar Khan - who used Fairy Liquid and hot water to clean the machine - was also handed an eight month suspended sentence after earlier admitting a single breach of health and safety regulations . Judge James Burbidge QC described Khan 's management as 'woeful ' , and said : 'It is beyond belief the machine was still being used even after a man lost his fingers . ' Birmingham Magistrates Court had previously heard Aston 's Ash Food Fare 's meat slicer had lost its safety guard a month before Mr Iqbal lost his fingers in October 2012 . Staff had been using a plunger to insert meat since the breakage , the city 's magistrates ' court heard . Fellow workers heard Mr Iqbal screaming as he placed his right hand inside the machine , which continued to operate as an ambulance crew rushed to the shop . A paramedic only recovered three of Mr Iqbal 's fingers after the machine was dismantled . But an hour later a police officer arrived to find the machine was back in use and one of the employees said washing liquid had been used to clean it . Khan , 57 , then admitted he had used Fairy Liquid . Barry Berlin , prosecuting , said : 'Mr Abdul ( the manager ) said he used Fairy Liquid and hot water to clean it , which was fairly inadequate . 'He then passed vegetables through it before using it . There was no safe system of work here at all . 'We have looked and we ca n't find any steps he ( Khan ) took to protect his staff from the unguarded mincer . ' Simon Morgan , defending , maintained Khan , of Witton , Birmingham , knew nothing of the missing hand guard - but said he fully accepted responsibility and 'bitterly regrets the injury caused ' . 'He is 57 years of age , has no previous convictions , he is very highly regarded , ' Mr Morgan said . 'He has worked extremely hard all his life . ' Mr Morgan said Khan had also carried out good work for the benefit of the community spanning two decades . Suspended : Khan , 57 , was a 'woeful ' manager , according to Judge James Burbidge QC . Judge Burbidge said : 'You should have been more proactive and should be well attuned , given your position in the community , to follow basic safety procedures . 'If you had been , Mr Iqbal would not have suffered that traumatic amputation . ' Khan was ordered to pay a £4,000 fine and £21,869 in costs .
Ash Food Fair owner Akhtar Khan admitted safety breach after accident . Fined £4,000 , ordered to pay £21,869 costs and given suspended sentence . Judge James Burbidge QC described Khan 's management as 'woeful ' Part-time worker Nasa Iqbal lost his fingers in the faulty meat mincer . Machinery missing a safety guard and workers used plunger to insert meat . Ambulance was called and the machine continued to run until they arrived . Mr Iqbal 's fingers were in the machine but his hand could not be saved . Police arrived an hour later to find the mincer was back in use by shop .