Illegal tobacco with a street value of more than £30,000 has been seized by Gloucestershire County Council trading standards officers, with assistance from Gloucestershire Constabulary. At the request of trading standards, police officers gained entry to the address in the Barton area of Gloucester where trading standards officers found a… Read More
In the Courts
Prosecution of Sherborne Woman Follows Counterfeit Clothing Seizure
A Sherborne woman who was stopped with over 300 items of counterfeit clothing in her van has been prosecuted and sentenced. On 18 May 2022, at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court, Tracey Hampson, aged 41 of South Avenue, Sherborne was sentenced to 100 hours unpaid work after pleading guilty to four offences… Read More
Roof coating company prosecuted for mis-selling building works
A company has pleaded guilty to misleading a Dorset couple into urgently buying roofing work at an excessive price. Owl Home Solutions Limited pleaded guilty at Bournemouth Crown Court on the 12 May 2022 to two offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations. An investigation by Dorset Council Trading… Read More
Cowboy builder defrauded customers with shoddy work
A South West tradesman has been jailed for more than three years after he admitted running a fraudulent business. Daniel Denison appeared at Bristol Crown Court this week where he was sentenced for a number of offences relating to incidents between October 1, 2016 and April 30, 2018. The court… Read More
llegal tobacco seized following police tip-off
Illegal tobacco with a street value of more than £41,000 has been seized by Gloucestershire County Council trading standards officers after they were alerted by colleagues from Gloucestershire Constabulary. While police were responding to an incident at a property in Southgate Street in Gloucester on 19 April 2022, they forced… Read More
Roofers who scammed £44,000 from customers in and around Bristol are jailed
Rogue traders who ripped off vulnerable and elderly people in and around Bristol have been jailed. Brothers Michael and Richard Coffey were directors of MRC Roofing and Building Ltd, Bristol Crown Court heard. Between them they scammed £44,600 from customers for poor quality roofing work which needed more money to put right…. Read More