'Big lady boss' and her husband who ran Cheetham Hill store found with thousands of counterfeit shoes
Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityA married couple who sold counterfeit shoes from their base in Cheetham Hill were hauled before a judge.Trading Standards seized knock off shoes from 'across the country' which had been supplied by husband and wife Xiaoguang Xia and Jian Lin, who described herself as 'big lady boss'.Prosecutors said they had about 23,000 counterfeit shoes which represented around £400,000 in turnover for the business, Manchester Crown Court heard.The couple had a shop and a warehouse in Cheetham Hill, which they operated through their firm Apple Footwear Limited.It was accepted by the prosecution that the counterfeit shoes represented ten per cent of their business,