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Olympic Flag Seller Given Criminal Record
An architecture graduate who illegally sold flags on the streets of London during the Olympic Games wept in court as she was convicted and given a criminal record.
Jay Mosedale, who recently finished studying architecture at the University of Westminster, was stopped by a council inspector in Whitehall, central London, during the games as she shouted: “Get your flags here – two pounds”.
Ms Mosedale was selling what were described in court as “assorted flags” after a friend of hers had started a business to coincide with the Games. She said that she had no idea that she needed a permit to sell things on the street.
Representing herself, Mr Mosedale said: “I thought it would be a fun way to get involved. I in no way knew I participated in illegal activity – it was simply from naivety.”
The graduate was approached by an inspector as she stood on a street corner in Whitehall at around 1.30pm on August 2, almost a week after the opening ceremony.
The 25-year-old admitted a single count of unlicensed street trading. She was ordered to pay a £45 fine, a £15 victim surcharge and £336 towards prosecution costs at Westminster Magistrates Court.
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