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A Birmingham man was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday (23 August 2021) after pleading guilty to 26 offences for manufacturing and selling fake designer clothes. Inderjit Sangu (67), formerly of Sandwell Road, Birmingham, had previously pleaded guilty to 26 offences under the Trade Marks Act 1994.
A food warehouse has been fined £60,000 after pleading guilty to four offences under health and safety legislation at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday. Birmingham City Council prosecuted Pearl Food Distribution Ltd – based at Unit 33 Middlemore Industrial Estate, Middlemore Road, Birmingham – after a safety inspector saw an employee raised up on a pallet balanced…
West Midlands Police are stepping up efforts to strictly enforce COVID-19 regulations in a bid to help control the spread of coronavirus. The ramping up of protective action follows several weeks of local officers and PCSOs engaging with the public, together with widespread publicity.