London's East End is notorious for its criminals, from serial murderer Jack the Ripper to mobsters the Kray twins.The latest candidate for this rogue's gallery is Janet Devers, a 63-year-old woman who runs a vegetable stall at Ridley Road market. Her alleged crime: selling goods only by the pound and the ounce.
Ms. Devers, whose stall has been in the family for 60 years, faces 13 criminal charges stemming from not selling her produce by the kilogram and the gram. She stands accused of breaking a European Union-instigated rule that countries must use metric measures to standardize trade.
The rest of Europe is metric. Good to know that the British government has nothing better to do than prosecute a 63-year-old lady for selling her veggies by the pound!
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