A restaurant where a much-loved mum was found dead in one of its toilets three days after she went inside has broken its silence. Sabrina Lyttle, 47, was found dead inside the disabled toilet at the Gurkha Buffet Restaurant, Hotel and Bar in Blackpool, Lancashire, on November 30 last year. The mum entered the restaurant to use the toilet on November 28. A post mortem is still waiting to find the cause of her death and police are not treating it as suspicious.
Following reports of her death, the restaurant on Waterloo Road, which serves Chinese, Thai and Indian food, has shared a statement. A spokesperson for The Gurkha Restaurant, Hotel and Bar said: "On Thursday 28th November 2024 at 8.34pm, a non-customer member of the public entered the premises and asked to use the toilets.
"As the restaurant had already closed for the evening, directions to the pub toilets, which are in a separate area of the building, were given. Staff in the pub provided further directions to the general pub toilets and did not issue access to the disabled toilet.
"Access to the separate and locked disabled toilet is gained via staff as the facility cannot be opened with a RADAR key. The male and female toilets are deep-cleaned every morning and checked throughout the day, with the disabled toilet checked after every authorised use and cleaned as required, due to infrequent use.
"Access to the disabled toilet was not requested until Friday evening around 10pm. The staff with the assistance of other helpful pub customers were unable to unlock the door and as access had not been granted for the past 24 hours, it was reported as a maintenance issue to management.
