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A car dealer in Wales has been sentenced after selling an unsafe and unroadworthy car
Posted 12 February 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Automotive|Wales
UPDATES: A used car dealer has been jailed after selling a dangerously defective vehicle, following a Trading Standards investigation that exposed serious safety faults and secured compensation for the purchaser.
A used car dealer who sold a dangerous vehicle has been jailed for six months and ordered to pay £2,000 in compensation following a prosecution by Neath Port Talbot Council Trading Standards.
In January 2022 Alan Peter Lewis, trading as APL Cars in Skewen, sold the car to a female customer who took it to a garage after five months of use. The garage condemned the vehicle and the cust...
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