Couple guilty of selling counterfeit goods
A husband and wife from Bolton have been convicted for selling counterfeit goods at the Great Dorset Steam Fair in August 2022.
Trading Standards checks on nicotine vape sales highlight problems
A test purchasing exercise, organised by Dorset Council Trading Standards found that nicotine ‘vapes’ are being sold to underage customers.
Ferndown motor trader sentenced after advertising a car that ‘lost’ 240,000 miles
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.
Man sentenced for importing puppies illegally
A man who illegally imported cropped and docked Doberman puppies into the UK has been sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison for risking the rabies free status of the country.
Rogue trader jailed for fraudulent trading across four counties
A man who worked on a range of home and garden maintenance jobs at consumers’ homes in Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Devon has been jailed for participating in a fraudulent business. A second man who was found to have laundered money for the business was also given a prison sentence.
Drainage engineer prosecuted for misleading 94-year-old Dorset woman
A drainage engineer from Bournemouth has been prosecuted and ordered to pay over £9,000 after he misled a 94-year-old woman about work done at her West Parley home. On 18 September 2019, at Poole Magistrates’ Court, Brendon James White, aged 26, of Cheriton Avenue, Bournemouth, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Consumer Protection From… Read more Drainage engineer prosecuted for misleading 94-year-old Dorset woman
Costume supplier ordered to hand over criminal proceeds
The owner of a Dorset-based online fancy dress costume business has been ordered to pay up over £65,000 following a prosecution for the misuse of trade marks.
Sheep farmer sentenced for animal cruelty
A Dorset sheep farmer has been prosecuted and fined after failing to adequately care for her animals and leaving dead sheep on her land. On 15 July 2019, at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court, Karen Harper (aged 51) of Charlton Marshall, near Blandford, Dorset, was today sentenced with a Community Order to carry out 180 hours of… Read more Sheep farmer sentenced for animal cruelty
