A Bournemouth car dealer has been prosecuted and ordered to pay over £5000 by a court, after he sold a ‘clocked’ van to a Dorchester customer. On 9 August 2018, at Poole Magistrates’ Court, Ian Loder, 61, of Bournemouth pleaded guilty to two offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair… Read More
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Forest couple fined after flock find
Failure to deal with rotting sheep carcases landed two sheep farmers with hefty fines following a Gloucestershire County Council Trading Standards investigation. On 8th January, at Cheltenham Magistrates Court, Kevin Hancock of Forest Road, Bream, Lydney and Rachel Nyland, also of Forest Road, Lydney pleaded guilty to a combination of… Read More
Directors of deli in Devizes prosecuted
Company directors of a deli in Devizes have pleaded guilty to a variety of offences, having been found in possession of illegal tobacco and alcohol. On Monday 15th January 2018 at Swindon Magistrates Court, The Lime Polish Deli Ltd and directors Iszabela Olszowska and Tomasz Olszowski, pleaded guilty to the… Read More
Food operator prosecuted for illegal crab processing business
A food operator in Cornwall received a two year conditional discharge, and ordered to pay costs of £4,291, after he was found to be supplying cooked crab meat illegally. Gary Beynon, the Food Business Operator of Cornish Finest Crab received his punishment at a hearing on 11 January 2018 at… Read More
There’s no hiding place for rogue traders
Two trading standards services on different sides of the country have worked together to convict a rogue trader who preyed on the elderly and the vulnerable. Self-employed gardener James Holmes, 29, has been sentenced to 200 hours community work after being found guilty of fraud. Holmes, who pleaded guilty, was… Read More
Bournemouth Market Trader Prosecuted
A market trader from Bournemouth has been prosecuted and fined after being caught in possession of over 650 counterfeit items, including branded sportswear watches and sunglasses, at Portland Market. On 14 August 2017 Christopher Ian McDonald, (aged 44, of Beech Avenue, Bournemouth) pleaded guilty at Weymouth Magistrates Court to eight… Read More