DVD piracy gang 'made £7million'

A DVD piracy gang faces jail today for Britain's biggest film copying scam.

The family-run operation made £7million from copied box office hits and pornographic films, touted for £3 a time.

Their warehouse in Essex fed "factories", staffed by "largely illegal Chinese immigrants" across the capital, Southwark crown court heard.

Khalid Sheikh, 53, and his sons Rafi, 26, and Sami, 28, of North Chingford, were found guilty of conspiracy to contravene copyright laws, contravene trademark legislation and acquire criminal property from March 2003 to June 2006. Xin Li, 34, of Walthamstow, was found guilty of concealing criminal property. Richard Russell, 29, of Dagenham, admitted infringing copyright laws. They will be sentenced on 28 July.