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B&M Retail has received one of the biggest ever fines for knife crime in the UK
Posted 25 September 2018 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|London
UPDATES: B&M Retail was ordered to pay more than £490,000 after repeated sales of knives to children during test purchases. The prosecution highlights the consequences of failing to enforce age-restricted sales controls.
A joint investigation by Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge Trading Standards has led to a successful prosecution against B&M Retail, with the discount retailer ordered to pay over £490,000 after pleading guilty to three offences of underage sales of knives. The company admitted to Barkingside Magistrates Court that staff had sold knives to teenagers as young as 14.
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