Shopkeeper penalised for her imperial measures
15th January 2008
For Janet Devers, a 63-year old pensioner who still runs the fruit and veg stall on an East London market started by her mother at the height of the Blitz in 1940, Christmas 2007 was the most frightening she can ever remember, the Daily Mail reports.
She has become Britain’s latest “Metric Martyr” – under EU directives compelling Britain to use only the metric system of weights and measures. She faces financial ruin for breaking that same law which, in 2002, created the original “Martyrs” – the five traders who were found guilty of the crime of selling goods in pounds and ounces.
