Antonio Boparan, son of millionaire Ranjit and Baljinder Boparan who own the 2 Sisters Food Group with a wealth of £800 million is facing jail for a second time over his involvement in a bar brawl that left a man blinded. Previously he had already served one prison sentence for causing horrific injuries to one-year-old Cerys Edwards in a car crash in November 2006.
Antonio 28, pleaded guilty to one count of inflicting actual bodily harm and violent disorder at Birmingham’s Nuvo Bar, where two victims were set upon.
Boparan and three other men are facing jail after the two men were attacked at the Brindleyplace bar at 2.45am on April 6. They were hospitalised after being punched, kicked and hit with broken bottles. One victim suffered a fractured eye socket and has since lost the use of an eye.
Nathan Pringle, 32, and Edward Ansah, 24, both admitted violent disorder.
The four were due to stand trial last week, but pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court and will all now be sentenced in March.
The Boparan family business has a turnover of more than £3.4 billion and has 47 sites across the UK, Irealnd, Holland and Poland. The West Bromwich-based firm provides chickens and chicken dishes, but also supplies Goodfella’s Pizzas and owns the Harry Ramsden’s fish and chip restaurant chain.
The Boparan Charitable Trust was set up by Antonio and his family in 2009 and is fronted by him and his mother.
