Top Fashion Store Prosecuted for Selling Bogus T-Shirts
By Matthew Woodcock
ONE of York’s top fashion stores sold fake T-shirts bought for less than £10 on eBay, a court heard.
Mark Bage, 39, a partner in nationally renowned Sarah Coggles, in Low Petergate, admitted selling three counterfeit "Bathing Ape" tops for between £39 and £49 to a Leeds couple. They were from a batch of 30 he had acquired for "around £8 each" from the internet auction site.
City of York Council Trading Standards officer Matt Boxall told Selby magistrates that Bathing Ape T-shirts, from Japan, are quite rare as the manufacturer only produces limited numbers. "The idea is that it’s very unlikely you will bump into someone wearing the same T-shirt," Mr Boxall said.
The court was told that on April 29, 2005, Lindsey Grace, from Leeds, bought one of the tops costing £49 for her boyfriend William Ward as she knew he liked them. He was "so excited" on receiving the gift that he returned to the shop the next day from Leeds and bought two more "Bathing Ape" T-shirts at £39. Mr Boxall said the customer then left his mobile number with the shop and asked them to contact him if any more came into stock.
But when he gave one of the tops to a friend who already had one of the genuine brands, they compared them and discovered his T-shirt "didn’t look quite right".
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