'Metric martyr' case abandoned

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The case against a so-called metric martyr charged with failing to price goods in metric measures was dropped today.

Market trader Janet Devers, 64, from east London, was sentenced to a two-year conditional discharge last October after being convicted of eight charges under the Weights and Measures Act.

She opted for a further four charges to be sent for trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

The trial was due to start today but the prosecution offered no evidence against her, saying that it was "not in the public interest" to pursue the case.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...d-1330466.html