On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:09:22 +0200, "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >To all, > >BBC CEEFAX HEADLINES, p. 115, today 2000-04-09. > >COURT CONVICTS MARKET 'METRIC MARTYR' > > >A market trader has been sentenced to a six moth conditional discharge for >bereaking weights and measures laws by aselling his fruit in pounds and >ounces. I've seen two conflicting reports. BBC Online says he 'faces a maximum fine of £1,000 on each of two offences and court costs estimated to run up to £60,000.' Perhaps that hasn't been updated. >Stevden Thoburn has been dubbed the 'metric martyr' after being prosecuted >in the first British case of this kind. > >(** And what aobut a real metric martyr who was sentenced to a 2000 pound >fine a few years go for using metric glasses in a pub?) > >He is considering an appeal against his conviction by Sunderland >magisitrates. > >Mr. Thoburn, 36, from Sunderland, was accused of breaking EU law. >Magistrates accepted he was a 'hard working' man. Who was also up on charges of brawling :-) As I've just told BB Radio Leeds, he was not charged with breaking EU law, as that is an impossibility. Chris -- Chris KEENAN UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK Correspondent, US Metric Association
