steve thorburn

Steve Thoburn (1964-2004), dubbed the "Metric Martyr", was the first person prosecuted for violating the 1985 UK Weights and Measures Act. A Sunderland greengrocer, Thoburn had his scales seized in July 2000 by British trading standards officials for selling bananas in pounds instead of kilograms. He was convicted of violating the Weights and Measures Act and given a six-month discharge. He then created an organization called the Metric Martyrs with four other greengrocers and appealed to the House of Lords in a two-year battle that they ultimately lost. Thoburn died on March 14, 2004 of heart failure.

External links

Article on the case

*Metric Martyrs website

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