A dealership owner who advertised a dangerous vehicle as an ‘ideal first car’ and sold it to a deaf customer has now been asked to pay nearly £7,000.
Nawaz Mahmood, 33, of Heald Green, Stockport, committed offences including selling a dangerous vehicle and recklessly engaging in unfair commercial practice. The owner of AM Motors has now admitted seven offences under the Road traffic Act at the town's magistrates court. He was fined £500 for each offence and told to pay £2,085 in costs as well as £1,018 compensation.
Magistrates ruled that he knew the car - a Citroen C2 - had not been through any safety test. And his crime was made worse by the vulnerability of his victim, who had carried a note written by her family to ask if the car was safe.
The customer complained to Stockport council’s trading standards as the car was advertised as ‘an ideal first car’ and in ‘good condition’.
But an independent engineer confirmed it was unroadworthy after finding a total of 17 faults, including dangerous tyres and steering issues. Trading standards then took the matter to court after investigating.
