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25/09/2007
Belfast Sex Shop Owner Fined
The owner of a Belfast sex shop was today fined a total of £2,000 at Belfast Magistrates' Court.
Kevin Robinson, who trades as Private Lines at Gresham Street in Belfast, faced eight charges under the Video Recordings Act.
The case was brought by the Trading Standards Service of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI).
On 9 June 2006, trading standard officers visited the premises of Private Lines, as part of an exercise into the trading practices of sex shops in Belfast city centre.
Over 630 DVDs and videos were seized, either because they were unclassified or were marked with an R18 classification.
DVDs and videos are required to be marked with a classification and those marked with an R18 classification can only be sold in a licensed sex shop.
Mr Robinson was not in possession of such a licence.
The court also agreed to a forfeiture order in respect of the DVDs and videos which were seized.
(LC/SP)
Kevin Robinson, who trades as Private Lines at Gresham Street in Belfast, faced eight charges under the Video Recordings Act.
The case was brought by the Trading Standards Service of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI).
On 9 June 2006, trading standard officers visited the premises of Private Lines, as part of an exercise into the trading practices of sex shops in Belfast city centre.
Over 630 DVDs and videos were seized, either because they were unclassified or were marked with an R18 classification.
DVDs and videos are required to be marked with a classification and those marked with an R18 classification can only be sold in a licensed sex shop.
Mr Robinson was not in possession of such a licence.
The court also agreed to a forfeiture order in respect of the DVDs and videos which were seized.
(LC/SP)
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