YESTERDAY was Remembrance Sunday when we honoured the heroes of two world wars who died for our freedom.

In a few days' time, five honest traders are to appeal to the High Court in London over their "offence" of selling produce in pounds and ounces, not kilograms.

There were no victims and no customer complaints, but total costs of more than £72,000 have already been awarded.

Did those servicemen and women sacrifice their lives so that years later, shopkeepers could be prosecuted for selling goods in the traditional British measures?

The vindictiveness of the authorities in using public funds to pursue the five traders is even more disturbing now that the police have been urged to go soft on vandalism shoplifting and other crime.

DEREK NORMAN,

British Weights & Measures Association.