A trader on Manchester’s infamous ‘counterfeit street’ narrowly avoided jail after more than 19,000 fake designer goods were seized from a unit in Cheetham Hill.
Saeed Iqbal, 68, has previously been jailed for selling fake goods. A judge described his decision to return to the same crime as ‘astonishing’, especially given that he has a young family.
Manchester Crown Court heard that an undercover investigator attended the unit on Jury Street in Cheetham Hill, just off Bury New Road, in July 2020 and spoke with Iqbal.
Prosecuting, William Staunton said that they discussed the purchase of Superdry products. The investigator also made a test purchase of fragrances which were said to be by Chanel, Jimmy Choo and Versace.
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