Three men charged with fraud offences following a City of London Police investigation into how food products became adulterated with horsemeat, have appeared in court.
Alex Ostler-Beech from Hull, Ulrik Nielsen of Gentofte, Denmark and Andrew Sideras of Southgate were charged with conspiring together to defraud purchasers of goods that contained, wholly or in part, a mixture of beef and horsemeat, by dishonestly arranging for beef and horsemeat to be combined for sale as beef.
City of London Police detectives first arrested Beech in Hull and Sideras in London in July 2013. In August, Nielsen was also interviewed under caution in Hull.
After consideration of evidence from the UK and overseas the CPS decided that there was sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.
They have been released on bail and ordered to reappear at Inner London crown court on 25th October.
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