A woman from Par was convicted at Truro Crown Court on Thursday (October 20) after admitting selling counterfeit goods in Cornwall.

Following complaints from local shops, Cornwall Council’s Trading Standards officers had caught Gala Richardson, 39, with almost 200 fake fashion baseball caps in St Ives in the summer of 2013. The fake hats were seized and voluntarily forfeited by Richardson but just two days later she was caught selling hundreds more of the same hats.

Richardson denied any wrong-doing for three years until she changed her plea and admitted charges under the Trade Marks Act.

Richardson was sentenced to a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay a contribution of £750 towards the prosecution costs.