Trader accused of massive food fraud

London. Mr Polnay said: “Dinos would keep the meat in their cold store. “Whilst at Dinos, and this is the heart of our case, the horsemeat and the beef would be mixed together into a single load. Dinos would create false paperwork and labels to make it look like all the meat being supplied was beef.” He said Flexifood would then sell the product to a meat trader in the Republic, called Mcadam’s, which supplied firms that make products for a “range of well-known companies”. It is not clear if owner Martin Mcadam, from Newbliss, Co Monaghan, knew he was buying a mix of horse and beef, the court heard. Mr Polnay also did not state which retailers ended up selling the products allegedly produced by Sideras. He said beef was selling for around three euro per kilo at wholesale prices at the time, while horsemeat was cheaper at two euro per kilo. Mr Polnay added: “This case, stripped to its essentials, is very straightforward. It is about lying to people and deceiving people to make money. “Or to be more precise – to make more money. “Like most, if not all, offences of dishonesty, it was motivated by greed. “The fraudsters made money by selling a mixture of expensive beef and cheap horsemeat as 100% expensive beef.” Flexifoods owner Ulrik Nielsen and his colleague Alex Beech have already

Like most cases of dishonesty, it was motivated by greed JONATHAN POLNAY PROSECUTOR AT TRIAL