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Croydon Council has prosecuted a store that sold knives to a 14-year-old
Posted 29 March 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Retail|London
UPDATES: A retailer and employee have been sentenced after the illegal sale of knives, demonstrating the serious penalties businesses and staff can face for failing to comply with age-restricted sales legislation.
Croydon Council brought a prosecution against Astoria International Ltd after one of its trading standards officers saw an employee at the company’s Gift Bank shop in New Addington sell craft knives in September 2018 to a 14-year-old girl.
On March 21, store employee Raymond Morris, who sold the knives, was given a four-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months, ordered to pay £3...
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