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Stacey Skeet pleaded guilty to all animal welfare offences against her. Pic: Animal Protection Services A WOMAN from Kingswinford has been fined after pleaded guilty to animal welfare offences. Stacey Skeet of Blaze Park was fined a total of £720 and disqualified from dealing dogs for three years. She was also ordered to pay a contribution of £500 towards investigation costs. Skeet appeared before Dudley Magistrates’ Court on May 12 to answer offences under the Animal Welfare Regulations 2018 and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. Between December 2 and December 7 last year the 41-year-old bred and sold dogs without a licence. She also created the impression that she could lawfully sell dogs when she could not.
Penarth man ordered to repay £130,000 after selling counterfeit goods A PENARTH man has been ordered to pay back £130,000 after being found guilty of selling unsafe cosmetics, counterfeit goods and jewellery breaching hallmarking requirements. Sean Payter was convicted in 2019 following a Trading Standards investigation for the Vale of Glamorgan Council and today faced a Proceeds of Crime Hearing. There the judge decided he must repay a significant sum gained from his illegal activity over the next three months. Shared Regulatory Services (SRS), who undertake trading standards work across the Local Authority areas of Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale, began investigating Mr Payter after receiving a complaint from the Assay Office, the body responsible for testing and hallmarking precious metals.