MailOnline discovered eight stalls selling suspected knock off goods including designer handbags, sunglasses and clothing.
Counterfeit designer goods were being sold openly on the market at Appleby horse fair today as police looked on and trading standards seemed to be nowhere in sight.
At one stage a reporter watched as two Cumbria policer officers went to speak briefly to staff on two of the market stalls selling apparently suspicious items, but left after only a few moments. A woman stallholder at the market was selling a range of fake bags, purporting to be Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Chloe, Burberry, Fendi, Gucci and Vivienne Westwood.
But the woman insisted that the range of Waterford crystal including picture frames for sale on her stall was all genuine, saying: 'That's all real.' When the reporter asked: 'How real are they?', a customer who had been busy buying two items, interjected and said: 'He don't know. He's only a worker.'One of the stalls visited by police was selling a range of sweatshirts and tops with Boss and Kenzo branding as well as sunglasses, including some with Chanel and Rayban markings.
When a reporter asked if they were all genuine, a worker on the stall joked: 'Stolen' as customers laughed. Two teenagers were also sitting at a table selling an array of glitzy hairclips including some with Chanel markings, priced at just £8 each. The council's trading standards manager Caterine Hornby released a statement last month, warning traders and consumers to be wary of counterfeit goods.
'The issue is small scale, but the risk of serious harm from counterfeit goods such as sunglasses that don't provide full UV protection, or from untested cosmetics, perfumes and electrical goods are obvious.The official Appleby fair website also speaks out against counterfeit goods, describing them as 'poor quality, unreliable and sometimes unsafe'.
The council was supported in its seizures by representatives from the Anti Counterfeiting Group of Trademark Holders, an association set up by retailers and manufactures to combat those who trade in counterfeit goods
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