- Jody Bunting, 45, stated he’s accused of deliberately inflicting an allergic response
A TV health guru who discovered fame on Channel 4‘s Big Breakfast stated he has been arrested on suspicion of tried homicide after a colleague suffered an allergic response to chocolate.
Jody Bunting, 45, claimed he’s being accused of deliberately giving the workers member the candy deal with throughout an incident that befell on the Mickleover Court Hotel Leisure Club in Derby – an accusation he strongly denies.
The former 31-stone Channel 4 Big Breakfast star was ‘paraded’ round Luton Airport in handcuffs after being arrested as he returned from a vacation overseas, he stated.
He was in Morocco on vacation the day the incident occurred – which noticed the member of workers rushed to the intensive care unit on the Royal Derby Hospital.
Mr Bunting, from Hatton, has labored as a bunch train teacher on the leisure membership since 2017.
Speaking concerning the second he was arrested, Mr Bunting instructed Derbyshire Live: ‘I used to be in shock, being arrested in entrance of a good friend after which being paraded round Luton Airport in cuffs, nevertheless, the members on the health club had warned me it might occur.
Jody Bunting, 45, claimed he has been arrested on suspicion of tried after a colleague suffered an allergic response to chocolate
Mr Bunting is a former 31-stone Channel 4 Big Breakfast star
‘I used to be shocked my native South Derbyshire law enforcement officials had come all the way in which all the way down to London for this difficulty. The custody sergeant did ask if I might nonetheless do my excessive kicks as he’d Googled me and realised who I used to be.’
Mr Bunting was bailed following his arrest, with circumstances together with not contacting particular workers members at Mickleover Court, in addition to a situation prohibiting him from visiting the leisure membership.’
Mr Bunting added: ‘I’m doing OK. I’m working loads much less now as Mickleover Court was my fundamental job, so I’m simply specializing in the health lessons I nonetheless have and the net weight reduction teaching I do.
‘It’s motivated me to not work for anybody else once more, to focus by myself enterprise. I’m simply specializing in the longer term and hoping I get the ‘no additional motion’ letter from the police any day now. The hardest factor is what to inform the members who’ve contacted me.
Mr Bunting is seen on the Big Breakfast earlier than the ordeal
He stated he was ‘paraded’ round Luton Airport in handcuffs after being arrested as he returned from a vacation overseas
‘It’s exhausting to only say ”I bought arrested for tried homicide” and never clarify the whys. When I inform individuals it is over a chunk of chocolate, they really chortle out loud, which is much more amusing due to my slimming work and previous.’
Mr Bunting says he has not heard from Derbyshire police about any vital developments since his arrest on November 2, 2023.
MailOnline has contacted Derbyshire Police for remark.