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Reference: ZA008

Appointment Type: Other

Service Area: Criminal and Regulatory

Industry: Retail

Sub-category: Newsagent

Litigation Type: Criminal

Size of Case: Criminal

Further to a trading standards investigation in relation to the alleged sale of illicit cigarettes and tobacco products from a newsagents business, the defendant was charged and pleaded guilty to the following offences:

(a) One count contrary to Regulation 48 of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulation 2016; and
(b) Three counts contrary to Section 92(1)(c) of the Trade Marks Act 1994.

He was made subject of confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

We were asked to determine the sources of the defendant’s income.