A 29-YEAR-OLD Derbyshire woman, who sold "thousands of pounds" of counterfeit designer clothes, handbag and electronics on Facebook, has been handed a suspended jail term.
Derby Crown Court heard how Sarah Lunn sold fake items from high street brands such as Ugg, Superdry, Nike and Burberry over the social networking site.
Esther Harrison told the court that police were alerted to the online activity and executed a warrant on her parents' farm, where she lived in a mobile home.
A joint police and Leicestershire Trading Standards investigation recovered handbags, footwear, clothing and electronics including headphones and speakers.
Miss Harrison said: "Items were recovered from inside the main house, the mobile home where she lived on the farm and a Fiat Ducato van.
"It is difficult to say exactly how much the items were worth but those on which she must be sentenced amount to several thousand pounds.
"The Ugg handbags and clothing were valued at £1,415, there were Beats headphones and speakers worth £2,250 and a proceeds of crime act hearing at a later date will say the value is as much as £27,000.
"Police recovered 57 different lines of items and a further £8,600 in cash was recovered from inside the mobile home."
Miss Harrison said Lunn, of Springfield Farm, Overseal, near Swadlincote, was arrested by officers and questioned about the items following the warrant on November 28 last year.
She told them she had bought them on regular visits to Castle Donington Market and Measham car boot sales and would sell them over Facebook to her friends.
Lunn pleaded guilty to eight offences breaching the Trade Marks Act 1994 when she appeared at court.
Laura Pitman, for Lunn, said her client had never been before the courts before and was "terrified at the prospect of a custodial sentence".
Miss Pitman said: "Before her arrest in November last year she was a lady of good character.
"Those who write references speak about their shock at the position she has found herself in,'' she added.
"She is extremely regretful at what she has done and distressed she has put on her family.
"She is a mother of an eight-year-old daughter and is expecting to give birth to her second child in three weeks."
Judge Jonathan Gosling handed Lunn an eight-month sentence, concurrent on each of the eight offences, suspended for two years.
He said: "The target of your crimes was designer clothes and goods which are expensive items in high demand.
"The activity serious undermines legitimate traders, putting their livelihoods at risk.
"It is well documented that you are in a fragile mental state and are due to give birth very shortly.
"You are 29 years old, have not been in trouble before and have co-operated fully with the courts," he added.
