Officers from Lewisham Council and Bromley Police, assisted by the BPI and Federation Against Copyright Theft, carried out a three-year investigation into Neil Anthony Norton, who was making illegal copies of music and films and selling the CDs and DVDs online. He was also selling counterfeit luxury consumer goods.

It is estimated that Norton, of Ravensbourne Road in Bromley, gained between £450,000 and £850,000 from the operation.

He was charged with two counts of conspiracy to defraud between January 1998 ...