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Jailed: Longford traders sold cars that broke down minutes after being driven off the forecourt

 

Rogue traders who flogged dodgy cars that often broke down minutes after being driven off the forecourt have been jailed.

 

Coventry Trading Standards decided to take action against David Barber and Martin Pittaway, both aged 40, after complaints from customers about the state of the cars they were sold.

 

And at the crown court in Leamington, Barber, of Walsgrave Road, Walsgrave, was jailed for 32 months, and Pittaway, of Dorchester Way, Walsgrave, received 283 days behind bars.

 

A third defendant, Gurdip Virdi, of Vicarage Lane, Ash Green, was ordered to pay £20,868.82 in fines, compensation and costs.

 

The trio had traded under numerous names including Longford Park Car Sales and Barber Cars at 101A Longford Road, Coventry.

 

They admitted a charge of supplying un-roadworthy vehicles - often describing vehicles as “in lovely condition and fault free” when the opposite was true.