LoginRepeat Offender Car Dealer Jailed
A car trader who sold faulty vehicles despite being under a Criminal Behaviour Order has been jailed.
Journal of Trading Standards Staff
Posted 27 May 2025 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Automotive|East of England
A car dealer who repeatedly sold faulty vehicles and prevented his customers from getting redress – while already subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order for previous similar offences – has been jailed for eight months following a prosecution by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Trading Standards.
Shaffarat Parvez (37) formally of Cromwell Road, Peterborough, traded under multiple names including Carzona and Haxton Car Group. He was convicted in November 2024 of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order imposed in 2020 which required him to deal with consumer complaints about faulty goods, keep records of complaints, and to train any staff he employed.
However, complaints from the public continued, with vehicles developing faults soon after purchase and customers experiencing difficulties when seeking repairs or refunds. As a result, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Trading Standards brought a subsequent prosecution.
His Honour Judge Lowe said: “(Parvez) did not simply behave in the way he did in breach of a suspended sentence. He did so in relation to 12 separate individual consumers. He did so over a period of over a year. He did so, having tried to hide what he was doing behind multiple entities and identities. And in my judgment, this is one of those relatively rare cases where a short sentence should be immediate to properly reflect the seriousness of what this defendant has done.”
Cllr Alison Jones, Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities at Peterborough City Council, said: “The sentence imposed by Cambridge Crown Court sends a strong message to the car sector that they cannot ride rough-shod over consumer rights in Peterborough. For many people, the purchase of a car is the biggest financial outlay they ever make, and it is imperative that appropriate redress is provided when the customer is entitled to it by law.
“We are lucky enough to have some very reputable car traders in Peterborough and I would urge all residents to do their research when it comes to finding a car trader they can trust. The Citizens Advice Consumer Service offers some great advice on what to look for.”
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