A SPORTSWEAR retailer is facing 58 charges of selling counterfeit goods.

TY McGurk Sports Limited, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, is alleged to have sold jeans and sweatshirts bearing a false Timberland logo.

They are said to have been offered for sale in Darlington.

Darlington Borough Council has brought the case under the 1994 Trades Mark Act.

The case against TY McGurk was adjourned at Darlington Magistrates' Court yesterday.

The court heard that the case could not proceed, as documentation from Timberland was awaited.

No pleas have yet been entered to any of the charges. The case was adjourned until May 1.