Kenilworth Evening News

'Metric martyr' launches appeal
 

BBC News
An east London market trader is to launch an appeal against a conviction for breaking metric laws.
Janet Devers, 64, used imperial weighing scales on her fruit and vegetable stall at Ridley Road Market in Dalston.
She was convicted this month of eight charges under the Weights and Measures Act at Thames Magistrates' Court.

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STALLHOLDER FIGHTS METRIC MEDDLERS

Daily Express
By David Pilditch

MARKET trader branded a criminal for selling vegetables in pounds and ounces yesterday launched a battle to clear her name.

The final victory is not yet won

Telegraph
Christopher Booker

No one will be more pleased at the news that there may be no more prosecutions for selling goods in pounds and ounces than all those readers whose support over the past eight years has made the campaign to end the absurdity of the compulsory metrication laws possible.

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Trader launches metric appeal
 

BBC News
Market trader Janet Devers is launching an appeal against a conviction for breaking metric laws after she used imperial weighing scales on her fruit and vegetable stall in Dalston, London.
See the video here

Justice, not vegetables, in the balance

Brits at their best

Janet Devers has been fined and given a criminal record for selling vegetables in other than metric measures. Her prosecution by the Hackney Borough Council is not only petty, it attacks her fundamental rights under the British Constitution to be treated equally under the law.

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David Davis meets Janet Devers

Martyrs press for pardon
 

Sunday Sun
by Robert Weatherall

A GOVERNMENT decision to end the prosecution of so-called Metric Martyrs could eventually lead to a Royal pardon for North grocer Steve Thoburn.

Sunderland man Steve became the original Metric Martyr when he was convicted in 2001 of selling goods in pounds and ounces rather than metric units

Town Hall turnips have lost the plot

The Sun
By FERGUS SHANAHAN

BANKS crash, pensions vanish and half the High Street is going bust.

But at least we’ve managed to drag a dangerous and determined criminal into court.

Jan guilty of selling by the lb

The Sun

A WOMAN was yesterday found guilty of selling fruit and veg in pounds and ounces — despite the EU saying it should not be a criminal offence.

METRIC MARTYR GREENGROCER ESCAPES A FINE

Daily Express
By Martyn Brown