Shop fined for selling
knives to teenage girl
A Plaistow shop and its staff
have been fined a total of £580 after being found guilty of selling
knives to a 14-year-old girl.
Pricemarker Ltd on Barking Road sold a13-piece function
pocket knife and lockable craft knife set to a teenage test
purchaser working on behalf of Newham Council trading standards in
May 2009.
During the case at Stratford Magistrates' Court, Mohammad Razan
Uddin, director of Pricemarker Ltd was fined £365 with £400
costs.
Sales assistant Mohammad Burham Uddin was fined £215 and ordered
to pay costs of £300.
Both defendants pleaded guilty to breaching S141 of the Criminal
Justice Act 1988 which prohibits the sale of knives to anyone under
the age of 18.
Councillor Andrew Baikie, executive member for housing, process
and business efficiency said after case: "Shops throughout the
borough are visited by trading standards officers who give them
guidance on underage sales so it is very disappointing that these
sales are taking place.
"These laws are in place to protect the public from harm and we
will not hesitate in prosecuting anyone making underage knife
sales."