Clothing company hit by theft

We all love a bargain, but riders are being warned to avoid cut-price clothing in the Fuller Fillies range, after 70 percent of its stock was stolen.

Stolen samples

Burglars broke into the company’s warehouse in West Yorkshire just after the New Year. As well as new stock, they also took samples of boots, half-chaps and clothing. As working samples, these were in “varying degrees of imperfection”.

The police believe the goods were taken for re-sale at horse sales or on auction sites, such as eBay.

Sub-standard

“We do not allow approved stockists to sell via internet auction sites and do not know of any involved in re-sale at horse sales,” said Suzanne Wild, founder and managing director of Fuller Fillies.

“If you see new Fuller Fillies branded goods on sale at such places you can be pretty sure firstly, that they are stolen, and secondly, very likely sub-standard.”