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A preacher who sold fake COVID cures was prosecuted by Southwark Trading Standards
Posted 17 February 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|London
UPDATES: Southwark Trading Standards’ prosecution of Bishop Climate Wiseman exposed the sale of £91 bottles of ‘Plague Protection Oil’ falsely promoted as a COVID-19 cure. The case shows how officers balanced community sensitivity, expert evidence and legal preparation to tackle dangerous health claims during the pandemic.
A religious minister who sold bottles of olive oil to his congregation as a bogus ‘cure’ for COVID-19 has been handed a prison sentence following a prosecution brought by Southwark Trading Standards.
Bishop Climate Wiseman of the Kingdom Church in Camberwell was found guilty of fraud at the Inner London Crown Court on 8 December. On 6 February Wiseman was given a one-year prison sent...
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