All five defendants were ordered deported after serving their sentence. Additionally, the restaurant was fined QR32,000 and told to shut down for an extra three months.
In the latest hearing of a food poisoning trial against several Marmara Istanbul restaurant employees, the court heard the results of lab testing of food and equipment samples at the eatery's Bin Omran branch.
The Ministry of Municipality has closed the Bin Omran location for up to 60 days, after several customers grew sick from eating there over the weekend.