Rahman

"I lived my whole life in Pakistan," said Sayed Rahman, a second-generation refugee born and raised in Pakistan.

"Now, whenever I get into a car or I'm alone at home, I feel scared thinking about where I was," Atikur Rahman Rasel, 35, says.

Miah claimed he only ran Universal Food Wholesale Ltd, which used pre-processed halal chicken, and said on-site processing was handled by Universal Poultry Ltd, run by his childhood friend Noaf Rahman.

He denied any involvement in day-to-day processing, though Rahman had previously pleaded guilty to multiple food safety offences.

A pre-sentence report was ordered for Miah, with sentencing for both him and Rahman to take place together.