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
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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
Students most at risk at becoming victims of crimes
Students face the risk of becoming victims of a wide variety of crimes at university. Research from a Neighbourhood Watch survey to 172 students (December 2020) indicates the top three crime types students are most concerned about are: 53% said serious violence (including, but not limited to, knife crime, murder, serious assault)52%… Read More
Beware of COVID Pass FRAUD
Criminals are using the NHS COVID Pass as a way to target the public by convincing them to hand over money, financial details and personal information. They are sending imitation text messages, emails and making phone calls pretending to be from the NHS, and offering fake vaccine certificates for sale… Read More
‘STOP,THINK,CALL!’ message based scams
WhatsApp Launches ‘STOP. THINK. CALL.’ Campaign to Stamp Out Message-Based Scams Colleagues may wish to be aware that WhatsApp recently launched STOP. THINK. CALL., in partnership with the National Trading Standards’ Friends Against Scams campaign. The campaign aims to help educate the British public on how to protect themselves and… Read More