An "aggressive" fish salesman has been jailed for scamming elderly customers and supplying them with seafood which was unfit for human consumption.
Brian Pendlington sold poor quality fish to elderly people using aggressive, misleading, and unfair selling and business practices through his company, Trawler Fresh Limited. The 43-year-old scammed over £6,000 from 28 victims between May 2019 and May 2020, with the average age of his victims being 70-years-old. Many of those who were scammed lived alone and some were suffering from serious health conditions.
Pendlington, of the Oval, Ouston, Chester-Le-Street, appeared at Teesside Crown Court this week where he was jailed for eight months and handed an unlimited Criminal Behaviour Order, preventing him from doorstep selling. He had previously pleaded guilty to the offence of contravening professional diligence, contrary to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, in June this year.
