Heir jailed for crash that badly injured baby takes over at Bernard Matthews
A CRIMINAL whose dangerous driving caused a crash that left a baby brain damaged is to head the family empire behind the Bernard Matthews turkey. Antonio Singh Boparan, 30, has been named by his father Ranjit as managing director of 2 Sisters Food Group, Britain’s third largest food manufacturer. Known as the ‘Chicken King’, Ranjit, 50, controls a number of poultry factories and is the director of 50 businesses including Harry Ramsden’s. Antonio – an heir to the family’s £190million fortune – is expected to take dayto-day control of the business. In 2006 he was jailed for causing horrific injuries to Cerys Edwards in a crash while overtaking at 72mph in a 30mph zone. The 11-monthold was left with a broken spine and severe brain damage and died from complications caused by an infection aged nine. Antonio, then 19, was found guilty of dangerous driving and served six months of his 21-month long sentence. In 2015, he was jailed for a year after admitting his part in a bar brawl that left a man blind in one eye. Based in Birmingham, the 2 Sisters Food Group was established in 1993 and now employs more than 23,000 staff. A spokesman for 2 Sisters said Antonio had held a number of senior roles at the business, including managing director, over the past six years. He said changes to his status as a director had been filed with Companies House.