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Cowboy builder gets suspended jail sentence for fraud
A Great Barr builder who took cash in advance for poor quality and unfinished construction work received a 32-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Birmingham Crown Court today (11 April 2016). Christopher Abbotts, 56, of Howard Road, Great Barr, who pleaded guilty to six offences under the Fraud Act 2006 on 6 April […]
Birmingham travel agents targeted in Hajj fraud operation
A string of travel agents in the Birmingham area have been visited this morning (7 April 2016) after being identified as potentially selling unlicensed package tours to Mecca. Officers from the City of London Police, Civil Aviation Authority and Birmingham City Council’s Trading Standards team worked in partnership across the city as part of a […]
Firm ordered to pay £9,821 for ‘unsafe’ electrical goods
A Birmingham distribution firm was ordered to pay £9,821 after pleading guilty to three offences under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (17 March 2016). Yi Li, principal director of Newemoo Ltd, which trades from 2-4 Benacre Drive, in Digbeth, also pleaded guilty to three offences relating to the safety […]
Officers seize 21,300 illegal cigarettes in city raids
Illegal cigarettes worth about £8,000 were seized by trading standards officers in a series of planned raids on eight retail premises across in the Erdington district today (15 February 2016). Officers targeted shops and off licences in north Birmingham as part of a continued crackdown on the sale of illicit tobacco – products which have […]
Trading Standards stop sales of dangerous hoverboards
Trading Standards officers stopped nearly 1,800 unsafe ‘hoverboards’ from being sold to consumers in Birmingham during the run up to Christmas, according to a new report. Birmingham City Council’s trading standards team, working with port authorities across the country, to suspend the sale of the popular gadgets – most of which were being imported from […]
Traders warned of new law banning ‘lethal highs’
Officers from Birmingham City Council’s Trading Standards team and West Midlands Police took part in a joint operation to warn traders across the city about an upcoming ban on ‘legal highs’ Letters were given to 14 retailers selling new psychoactive substances (NPS), warning them of their potentially lethal consequences, as part of a day of action […]
Shop landlord ordered to pay £3,000 after customer’s fall
The landlord of a Birmingham business was ordered to pay £3,004 after pleading guilty to health and safety offences after a shopper fell 2 metres into the shop’s basement at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (10 December 2015). Birmingham City Council brought a case against Melbourne Blake, 72, who owns 2 Foundry Road, Winson Green, after […]
Motor trader sentenced over replica Ferrari
A Birmingham trader has been ordered to pay £11,623 after being found guilty of misleading a customer over the condition of a replica Ferrari at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (30 November 2015). Sajid Ramzan, 34, who ran A45 Motor Centre, based at 1200 Coventry Road, Yardley, was found guilty in his absence of five offences […]
Officers seize 12,400 illegal cigarettes in city raids
Illegal cigarettes and alcohol worth nearly £4,500 were seized by trading standards officers in a series of planned raids on seven retail premises across Birmingham yesterday (19 November 2015). Teams of officers targeted shops and off licences in east Birmingham using two sniffer dogs, as part of a continued crackdown on the sale of illicit […]
Rogue traders jailed for targeting OAPs in mobility firm fraud
Two men who ran a Birmingham-based mobility firm have been jailed for a total of nine-and-a-half years for fraud at Birmingham Crown Court today (5 November 2015). Birmingham City Council’s Trading Standards team and West Midlands Police launched an investigation into Frank Walters and Mark Murphy, the owner and sales manager respectively, of a firm […]
