Cheese maker demanding nearly £400,000 in compensation after being linked to E.coli death

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A cheese maker has demanded a council pay him almost £400,000 in compensation after it lost a battle to condemn his products.rnHumphrey Errington, 74, has been told he can sell his cheese again after winning a lengthy fight with South Lanarkshire Council which wanted them declared unsafe to eat.rnThe council called for his goods to be destroyed following an E.coli outbreak that killed a young girl.rnBut Sheriff Robert Weir ruled Errington Cheese did not breach safety standards and has now officially lifted an order stopping its Lanark Blue and Corra Linn being sold.rnA civil hearing at Hamilton Sheriff Court heard one batch of Lanark Blue and three Corra Linn will be destroyed but the remaining items can be put on the market.