Let-off for the trader who profited from elephant ivory

A market trader caught selling jewellery carved from elephant ivory at one of London’s busiest markets escaped jail. Pandelis Filosidis, 57, was seen by police flogging hundreds of items of jewellery at his stall at Spitalfields Market in Whitchapel, east London, on February 25. Among the goods seized were 109 rings, 78 bangles, 11 pairs of earrings, seven broaches, seven bangles, 12 Chinese puzzle balls and five miniature elephants. None were priced but Filosidis claimed he bought the trinkets from…