A Ferndown car trader has been fined after he was found guilty of advertising a clocked car and obstructing trading standards officers who visited his premises to investigate. Abdul El Fortia (aged 33) of Malmesbury Court, Malmesbury Road, Bournemouth was sentenced at Poole Magistrates’ Court on 23 December 2021 for… Read More
In the Courts
Cotswold farmer sentenced after burying sheep in a heap of potatoes
A farmer from Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge, has been given a suspended prison sentence for burying sheep carcasses in a heap of rotting potatoes. At a hearing on 18 November, Stephen Redman, aged 65, of Newark Park Farm, pleaded guilty to 22 offences brought by Gloucestershire County Council’s trading standards service, relating… Read More
Counterfeit clothing seller found guilty following Trading Standards investigation
On 9 December 2021 at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court, James Goodwin (32, of Weymouth) was sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work for selling counterfeit clothing. Mr.Goodwin had pleaded guilty to the six specimen offences under the Trade Marks Act 1994 at an earlier hearing. Costs were also awarded to the council… Read More
ILLEGAL TOBACCO SEIZURES
More than five million illegal cigarettes have been seized from local retail outlets in the first six months of the year as part of Operation CeCe, a joint initiative between National Trading Standards and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to tackle the illegal tobacco trade. The haul of illicit products… Read More
Prior Park College scam money launderer made to pay back £213k
A convicted money launderer who was involved in the Prior Park College scam of foreign nationals has been ordered to pay £213,000 as a result of a prosecution by Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Trading Standards team. Sanketkumar Patel (38) of Eden Hall Close, Leicester was ordered to pay… Read More
Motor trader convicted of selling unroadworthy truck
A motor trader who sold an unroadworthy tipper truck and misled a buyer in Portland has been ordered to pay £3850 pounds in compensation, fines and costs. On 9 September 2021 at Poole Magistrates’ Court, Andrew James Ostolski, aged 41 of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire pleaded guilty to offences under the Road… Read More