Defending, Imran Shafi QC said Xia had lost a 'successful business' which he had 'built up from scratch', and said he will lose his home. Prosecutors said they accepted that Lin had played a 'lesser role' to her husband, but said their offending was 'sophisticated'. Read More Related Articles

Footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials (excl. indoor footwear, sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, and toy footwear) REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 27/04/12 FROM 9 Hatton Gardens Great Barr Birmingham West Midlands B42 1NB England Xia was sentenced to two years in prison but is expected to be released immediately having served more than that period on remand in prison and on a qualifying curfew. Having never reached the general public, this particular pair of sneakers is one of the most obscure in existence,” Sotheby’s said in its catalog.

The top companies supplying to UK government with the same SIC code (46420 - Wholesale of clothing and footwear) as APPLE FOOTWEAR LIMITED are: Footwear with outer soles of rubber or of plastics and uppers of plastics, with in-soles of a length of >= 24 cm, for women (excl. footwear covering the ankle, with a vamp made of straps or which has one or more pieces cut out, or incorporating a protective metal toecap, indoor or sports footwear, waterproof footwear in heading 6401, orthopaedic footwear and footwear which cannot be identified as men's or women's) Complete with the rainbow Apple logo on the tongue and side, the white trainers were custom-made for the company’s employees as a one-time giveaway at a National Sales Conference in the mid-1990s.

Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the country with a vast array of cases heard every week.They appeal to a market of individuals who know full well that what they are buying is not the genuine article, but are prepared themselves to overlook the fact.

The couple's mobile phones were examined, and Lin's phone contained messages which showed she was involved in counterfeiting, prosecutor James Norman said. Slippers and other indoor footwear, with outer sole and upper of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle, footwear with a vamp made of straps or which has one or several pieces cut out, and toy footwear) When you think of Apple, it’s likely that what first springs to mind is a conveyer belt of revolutionary tech rather than a pair of sneakers. You set about in quite a sophisticated way, Mr Xia, involving yourself in the production of counterfeit goods.