Media Releases

Residents may have seen media coverage relating to illegal vapes and activities on High Streets across the country, including Dudley borough.

Rogue trader Anthony Millward was handed a 32-month prison sentence and has been ordered to pay £16,000 following sentencing at Wolverhampton Crown Court earlier this month (April 10).

The director and a manager of Top UKs Fried Chicken Halal Ltd were ordered to pay a combined sum of more than £7,000, following a hearing at Dudley Magistrates Court last week.

A married couple have been jailed for three years each for their involvement in the execution of a fraudulent £175,000 will for a pensioner in their care.

A crown court judge hailed Dudley Council trading standards officers after they exposed a £175,000 fraud that led to a former borough care home manager being put behind bars.

Dudley Council’s trading standards team has won a national award for its record-breaking work in shutting down shops linked to organised crime.

A butcher in Lye was temporarily shut down after environmental health officers discovered evidence rats were in the shop, a court was told.

A council chief has hailed the authority’s “superb” trading standards team after its latest high-profile court victory.

The owner of Halesowen Mini Market & Butchers, Mr Farouk Rasoul, pleaded guilty to six offences under food hygiene and safety legislation at Dudley Magistrates’ Court last week (Wednesday 22 October).

A Dudley-based estate agent who lost a tribunal appeal has been hit with a hefty fine, following a case brought by Dudley Council’s trading standards team.