The gang had been running an illegal operation where CDs were being imported from the Czech Republic and distributed across music stalls and record retailers in London and the South East.

In a groundbreaking decision which sees a number of UK based record labels receiving compensation for the first time, the judge convicted two traders who had been involved in the sale of around 1.2 million pirate CDs in total.

Wasim Mir was ordered to pay a £70,000 confiscation order ...