Trader sentenced for selling unsafe electrical lamps
Wednesday 23 July 2025: A market trader has been sentenced to 60 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay more than £2,000 for selling unsafe electrical lamps in Uxbridge, in a successful prosecution by Hillingdon Council's trading standards team.
Alongside the community order, he was told to pay a £2,000 contribution towards prosecution costs, and a victim surcharge of £114.
The council uncovered 56 unsafe lamps being sold by Bozkaya at his Uxbridge Christmas market stall in 2023.
The products were found to be poorly constructed with non-British standard plugs. The electrical supply cord was not securely attached to the lamp and there was access to live parts, with the potential to cause electric shocks or fires.
The lamps also had inadequate labelling of technical specifications, insufficient instructions for safe use and no manufacturer information.
Cllr Eddie Lavery, Hillingdon Council's Cabinet Member for Community and Environment, said: "Our trading standards team will not hesitate to protect the public and take action against individuals selling unsafe products in our borough. Selling faulty electrical items can have serious consequences and I'm glad these items are no longer on our streets.
"The council is working hard to stamp out the sale of unsafe goods, and my thanks to our officers for their continued hard work and dedication in bringing these offences to light and keeping Hillingdon a safe borough."
For more information, or to report a business you suspect is selling unsafe or illegal products, email tradingstandards@hillingdon.gov.uk.
For other consumer-related issues, contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 0808 223 1133.
