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Court Case Result - Criminal Sentence

Country: England & Wales
Hearing Date: 5 July 2010
Court Location: Bradford Crown Court
Judge: Judge Benson
Case Number: S20100221 / S20100223
Name: Data Anonymised
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Bail Position: Unconditional

Offence/s

Offence: Misleading advertising/marketing
Sentence: Non-custodial
Compulsory (unpaid) work
Order: Details:
Fine Amount £ 3,500
Costs £ 1,456.89
(CPO) Compulsory Work - Length: 250 hours
Sentence notes: As the boss of a minibus hire firm he advertised and sold a minibus, via the auction website ebay, that had its mileage reduced from a mileage of 132,401 to 55,013 miles.

Offence: Unfair commercial practices [10 counts]
Sentence: Non-custodial
Order: Details:
Fine Amount £
Sentence notes: Community Order 250 hours unpaid work

Sentencing Considerations

Pre-Sentence Report (PSR): Yes

Sentencing Details

Sentenced Upon: Guilty Plea
Distinguishing Features / Details: He made sham ('shill') bids on items he was selling via the online auction website ebay. He used different ebay accounts to drive up prices on his goods and, where he was the 'successful' bidder he would post positive feedback on himself thereby misleading users of the auction into believing his reputation as a seller was good ('sock puppetry').

The judge said: "Had you had previous convictions for dishonesty the result would have been a custodial sentence. If you had profited to a substantial extent the sentence could well have been a custodial sentence... This sort of conduct strikes at the heart of that trust which is vital if this... useful commercial medium is to continue to operate successfully."
Mitigating & Aggravating Factors: Early Plea / Timely Plea
Case Timeline: View Timeline
Crime Location: View Map

Legal Teams & Authorities

Authority: North Yorkshire Trading Standards
Chambers: Fountain Chambers
Barrister: Harvey Murray

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