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Three companies have been found guilty of underage sales of knives
Posted 19 September 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Retail|South East
UPDATES: Seven online knife retailers were prosecuted after illegal sales to an underage test purchaser exposed failures in age verification, reinforcing expectations for responsible online retailing.
Three businesses have been fined thousands of pounds for illegally selling knives to children online under a <a href="https://www.croydon.gov.uk/advice/tstandards">Croydon Council Trading Standards</a>-led pilot nationwide clampdown.
The companies were fined a combined total of £25,000 plus court costs after they each sold a knife online to a 13-year-old volunte...
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