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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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W Stevenson and Son, the Newlyn-based fishing firm which pleaded guilty
to a quota scam at Exeter Crown Court in April, has appealed against
its conviction.
The family firm, which admitted 37 charges of
submitting false sales notes to the Department for the Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs for the period relating to the spring and autumn
of 2002, was expected to be sentenced at Truro Crown Court on June 25
and 26.
However, sentencing is now deferred pending a decision by the Court of Appeal.
The
conviction appeal has also deferred sentencing dates of a number of
fishing boat owners and skippers who were charged with failing to keep
proper records of where fish were caught or proper landing records.
A date for the Court of Appeal has not yet been scheduled in.
article copyright THE CORNISHMAN
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