Man found guilty in horsemeat scandal

A businessman has been found guilty at Inner London Crown Court of being part of a near-£200,000 conspiracy to pass off 30 tonnes of horsemeat as beef, much of which entered the food chain.

Andronicos Sideras, 55, one of the owners of meat manufacturer Dinos & Sons, mixed the meats together before it was sold onto other firms in a plot which deceived consumers and food processors.

Ulrik Nielsen, 58, owner of Flexifoods, and his “righthand man”, Alex Beech, 44, had already pleaded guilty.