A Shaftesbury farmer has been fined for illegally moving cattle to and from his farm while under a movement restriction and for falsifying records relating to the identity of calves. Identification of cattle and movement restrictions are in place to help prevent disease spread in livestock and to provide traceability for… Read More
Weymouth Magistrates Court
False claims log burner trader fined
A trader from Somerset who made false claims to consumers about his competence and approval to fit wood burners has been prosecuted. This followed investigations by trading standards officers when a Weymouth consumer complained about problems with a wood burner they had installed at their home. 26-year-old Daniel Park from… Read More
Smallholder banned from keeping poultry and pigs for ten years
A West Dorset smallholder has been ordered to pay £530 and is banned from keeping poultry and pigs for ten years after causing unnecessary suffering to chickens following a court hearing in Weymouth. On 17 September 2018, at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court, Richard Thomas Hansford, aged 67, of Weymouth pleaded guilty… Read More
Seller of counterfeit goods sentenced
A seller of counterfeit goods has been sentenced to 150 hours of community service and ordered to pay £2577.50 in costs. Phillip Glossop, 49, of Weymouth, was sentenced at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on 23 April. At an earlier hearing, Mr Glossop pleaded guilty to seven charges under the Trade Marks… Read More
Company fined for misdescribing kebab meat
Checks on the description and ingredients of kebab meat by trading standards officers in Dorset have led to one business being prosecuted for descriptions used in its Weymouth shop. On 22 January 2018, at Weymouth Magistrates Court, Yado Ltd, a company that runs Weymouth Kebab House, in Westham Road, Weymouth… Read More