Prosecutions 2004
Prosecutions Archive - 2004
Offences are listed in date order within the categories listed below.
- Animal health & welfare
- Consumer credit
- Counterfeit goods
- False trade descriptions
- Food & drink
- KCC Act (second hand goods)
- Logo misuse
- Motor traders
- Underage sales
- Unsafe goods
Animal Health & Welfare
Date of Conviction: November 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
A woman who attempted to smuggle a dog into the country in breach of "Rabies" rules was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £200 costs.
Date of Conviction: June 2004
Court: Maidstone Magistrates Court
A small holder who kept pigs in illegal conditions, allowed some to starve to death and moved others in breach of legal requirements, was fined a total of £1,500, ordered to pay £780 costs, and banned from keeping pigs for 10 years.
Date of Conviction: June 2004
Court: Dover Magistrates Court
A farmer who transported sheep to market in a vehicle which had not been cleansed and disinfected since last used, and which had not been maintained to the required standards was fined a total of £800 and ordered to pay £210 costs.
Date of Conviction: May 2004
Court: Dover Magistrates Court
A haulier who brought a consignment of horses into the county with false health certificates was given a conditional discharge after telling Magistrates he was unaware of the falsity. He was ordered to pay £390 costs. He is now under investigation for a further alleged offence of the same kind.
Date of Conviction: March 2004
Court: Sevenoaks Magistrates Court
A stock owner who left the bodies of dead sheep to decompose was sentenced to 180 hours of Community Service for failing to dispose of the carcases in a legal manner. He was also ordered to pay £500 costs.
Date of Conviction: January 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
A pet owner who illegally brought two dogs through the Port of Dover was fined £400 and ordered to pay £610 costs. The owner failed to comply with licence conditions that required her to wait on the ferry with the animals until they were collected for quarantine.
Consumer Credit
Date of Conviction: October 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
A credit broker who traded without a licence under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 was fined £500 and ordered to pay £330 costs.
Date of Conviction: August 2004
Court: Sittingbourne Magistrates Court
A used car dealer was fined total of £300 with £250 costs for acting as a credit broker without a licence under the Consumer Credit Act.
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Counterfeit Goods
Date of Conviction: November 2004
Court: Maidstone Crown Court
A sentence of 2 months imprisonment (suspended for 2 years) was imposed on a dealer in counterfeit DVDs caught at a Sheppy boot fair. He was also ordered to pay the £8,450 costs of his Crown Court trial.
Date of Conviction: August 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
A retailer who sold counterfeit "Benson & Hedges" cigarettes was fined £1,250 with £697 costs. A further fine of £250 was imposed on each partner in the business for failing to declare details of the ownership of the business by means of a notice on the premises.
Date of Conviction: June 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
The proprietor of a gym who used his premises to copy DVDs for sale was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment.
Date of Conviction: February 2004
Court: Canterbury Magistrates Court
A market stall holder (with previous convictions for copyright infringement) was sentenced to 200 hours Community Service for selling illicit copies of CDs, DVDs and Videos at a Herne Bay Market. He was also ordered to pay £250 costs.
Date of Conviction: February 2004
Court: Sevenoaks Magistrates Court
A man with previous convictions for selling counterfeit CD's was convicted of aiding and abetting another to do the same thing. He had provided the stock and driven the other person to a boot fair where the other person was left in charge of the stall. He was ordered to perform 150 hours Community Service, to follow on from a similar order he was still performing, and £200 costs.
Date of Conviction: February 2004
Court: Sevenoaks Magistrates Court
A boot fair trader was ordered to perform 120 hours Community Service and to pay £250 costs for selling counterfeit CD's.
Date of Conviction: January 2004
Court: Sevenoaks Magistrates Court
A market trader selling countergfeit CDs, DVDs and video cassettes was fined £400 and ordered to pay costs of £587.50
Food & Drink
Date of conviction: September 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
The Licensee of 2 restaurants where vodka was on sale, falsely described as "Smirnoff" received a 12 month conditional discharge with an ordere to pay £391 costs.
Date of conviction: September 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
A restaurant proprietor was fined £400 with £518 costs for selling spirits falsely described as "Smirnoff", "Gordons", "Bells" and "Courvoisier".
Date of conviction: August 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
A retailer was fined £600 with £371 costs for selling 6 food items up to a month after their "use by" dates.
Date of conviction: June 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
The joint licencees of a restaurant were each fined £1,200 with £370 costs for falsely describing their whisky, gin, rum and vodka as "Teachers", Bacardi" "Gordons" and Smirnoff".
Date of Conviction: April 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
Joint licencees who were serving anonymous brands of whisky, gin and vodka from bottles labelled "Teachers" "Gordons" and "Smirnoff" were fined a total of £600 and ordered to pay £650 costs.
Logo Misuse
Date of Conviction: September 2004
Court: Sevenoaks Magistrates Court
A plumber who falsely claimed membership of the Institute of Plumbing by the use of their logo in an advertisement, was given a 2 year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £357 costs.
Date of conviction: August 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
An hotelier who refused to remove or amend his English Tourist Council approved sign following a down-rating of his accommodation, was fined £400 and ordered to pay £630 costs.
Date of conviction: July 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
Electrical Contractors were fined a total of £8,000 for issuing certificates in respect of their work which indicated they were approved by the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contractors when they were no. Costs talling £800 were also awarded.
Date of conviction: April 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
A plumber who falsely claimed membership of the Institute of Plumbing on his website and displayed their logo on his vehicles, was ordered to pay a total of £1,540 in fines and costs.
Motor Trade
Date of Conviction: November 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
A car dealer who sold a "clocked" car was fined £650 and ordered to pay £280 costs.
Date of Conviction: March 2004
Court: Maidstone Magistrates Court
A car dealer who sold a car with a mileometer reading reduced by 113,000 miles was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £350 costs.
Date of Conviction: February 2004
Court:Sevenoaks Magistrates Court
A company with similar previous convictions, and its director, were fined £2,000 and £1,000 respectively for selling a vehicle with a false mileage reading. They were also ordered to pay costs of £1,000 and £500 respectively.
Date of Conviction: February 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
A car dealer was convicted of having for sale three unsafe cars and one vehicle which had been clocked. He also failed to comply with the Kent County Council Act which requires second hand dealers to keep certain records. He did not keep the necessary records to show the origin or mileages of some cars and did not comply with the Business Names Act which requires the proprietors name on invoices/receipts when a business trades under a trade name. He was fined a total of £6,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,750.
Date of Conviction: January 2004
Court: Maidstone Magistrates Court
A motor trader who posed as a private seller and sold "clocked" cars with falsified service histories was sentenced to 120 hours community service. He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs and to compensate purchasers.
Second Hand Sellers (KCC Act)
Date of Conviction: March 2004
Court: Maidstone Magistrates Court
A second hand dealer who failed to keep records of all transactions as required under the KCCA was convicted in his absence and fined £250 and ordered to pay £485 costs.
Date of Conviction: January 2004
Court: Maidstone Magistrates Court
A used car dealer was fined a total of £100 with £200 costs for failing to register under the KCC Act as a dealer in used goods
Underage Sales
Date of Conviction: December 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
The licensee of an off-licence which sold Bacardi Breezers to an underage person was fined £200 and ordered to pay £344.08 costs
Date of Conviction: October 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
The licensee of an off-licence which sold alcoholic drinks to an underage person was fined £60 and ordered to pay £268.55 costs
Date of Conviction: August 2004
Court: Sittingbourne Magistrates Court
The licensee of an off-licence which sold alcoholic drinks to an underage person was fined £450 and ordered to pay £710 costs.
Date of Conviction: July 2004
Court: Sevenoaks Magistrates Court
The licensee of an off-licence which sold alcoholic drinks to an underage person was fined £500 and ordered to pay £380 costs.
Date of Conviction: July 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
The licensee of a pub which sold alcoholic drinks to an underage person was fined £200 and ordered to pay £263.06 costs.
Date of Conviction: May 2004
Court: Sevenoaks Magistrates Court
The licensee of an off-licence which sold alcoholic drinks to an underage person was fined £750.
Date of Conviction: May 2004
Court: Dartford Magistrates Court
The licensee of an off-licence which sold alcoholic drinks to an underage person and failed to display a statutory notice regarding the legal age for the purchase of tobacco was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £390 costs.
Date of Conviction: May 2004
Court: Maidstone Magistrates Court
The licensee of an off-licence who personally sold 2 bottles of alcoholic drinks to 16 year old was fined £500 and ordered to pay £362.18 costs.
Date of Conviction: April 2004
Court: Folkestone Magistrates Court
An off-licence licensee who sold alcohol to a 16 year old was fined £300 and ordered to pay £363.49 costs.
Unsafe products
Date of Conviction: August 2004
Court: Ashford Magistrates Court
A company that imported bunk beds which failed to meet safety standards was fined a total of £2000 and ordered to pay £460 costs.
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