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A professional golf tutor who sold fake golfing goods worth £98,000 to unsuspected punters around the globe has been jailed for 16 months.

Jack Colesliffe sold phoney merchandise, including clubs, covers and heads, over a period of four years from the end of 2012 to January 2017.

He passed them of as top brand labels including Scotty Cameron and made thousands from his crimes, prosecutor Lee Reynolds said.

He was warned to stop, but carried on.

Colecliffe, 24, of Bryn Mor, Gronant , Flintshire , admitted 17 charges - one of participating in fraudulent business, seven of unauthorised sale of goods bearing a sign that could be mistaken for a trade mark and nine of fraud.

It followed a long investigation by Denbighshire County Council officers, which was estimated to have cost up to £70,000, including the prosecution fees.

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Defending John Wyn Williams said Colecliffe was 17 when he started and “was very immature”.

Mr Williams said a pre-sentence report placed him at a low risk to the public, he had been studying for a degree in Birmingham and was a professional golf tutor.

Sentencing Colecliffe, Judge Niclas Parry, said it was a sophisticated operation.

“Over a period of four years, you carried out a fraudulent business trading in counterfeit golf merchandise worth £98,000,” the judge said.

He added: “The company responsible for the merchandise carried out test purchases and people worldwide were found to have been duped by you."

A destruction order was also made for the fake merhcandising.

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