Two men admit horsemeat sales fraud charges

Two men have admitted allegations they passed horsemeat off as beef.

Ulrik Nielsen, 57, from Gentofte in Denmark, and Alex Beech, 44, from Hull, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud at Inner London Crown Court.

A third man, Andronicos Sideras, 54, of Southgate, north London, denied the same charge and is due to stand trial at the same court on 3 July.

The alleged offence is said to have taken place between 1 January and 31 October 2012.

The men were accused of dishonestly arranging for beef and horsemeat to be combined for sale as beef to be sold in the UK's meat industry.

Nielsen and Beech will both be sentenced after the trial.