Angry car owners are deman-ding reparation after being sold allegedly 'unroadworthy' vehicles from a former Keighley car dealer.

Maureen Malone, of Heath-cliffe, Haworth, and Simon Lynch, of Laburnum Grove, Cross Roads, spent Saturday afternoon protesting in front of car dealer Jason Snowden who allegedly sold them their vehicles.

The protest took the form of stickers strategically placed on Mr Lynch's green Mercedes and was held on the corner of Marriner Road and Worth Way in Keighley.

The pair's complaint follows a report in last week's Keighley News on how Miss Malone is owed nearly £1,400 by the former owners of Worth Valley Car Sales, of Halifax Road, Ingrow, which is now no longer in existence. The money was awarded to her by Keighley County Court after it heard how she was sold a 'dangerous' white Peugeot by the car dealers.

But Jason Snowden, who last week admitted selling the car to Miss Malone, has denied any knowledge of a court judgment.

Mr Lynch also claims to have been sold his green Mercedes at the end of May by Mr Snowden. He says the £3,200 car had a faulty engine at the time of sale.

On taking it to Keighley Engine Reconditioners, in Pitt Street, last month examiners reported the car's engine as 'breathing heavily and burning an excessive amount of oil'. They estimated repairs to the engine would cost £850.

Mr Lynch says: "I want my money back."

Miss Malone adds: "We went down on Saturday very peacefully but we were both verbally assaulted. The men who approached us, including Jason Snowden, made specific threats to Mr Lynch.

"But we stood our ground and in the end they all went away. They didn't want to talk about the situation at all, although Mr Snowden did come up to us at one point and mentioned going down to the county court this week because he believes it has made an error concerning the names printed on the judgment. We just want justice done."

We invited Mr Snowden to respond this week but he declined.

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