Peter Boddy sold 55 horse carcasses without keeping record of the sales . Abattoir boss from Yorkshire claimed 37 were sold to Italian restaurants . But Food Standards Agency investigators could not back up his claims . He was found guilty of failing to produce proper paperwork for carcasses . Comment: It is impossible to know where meat ended up because rules were broken . He and a colleague are the first involved in 2013 scandal to be sentenced .
Peter Boddy sold 55 horse carcasses without keeping record of the sales . Abattoir boss from Yorkshire claimed 37 were sold to Italian restaurants . But Food Standards Agency investigators could not back up his claims . He was found guilty of failing to produce proper paperwork for carcasses . There is no proof to suggest Boddy tried to pass off horsemeat as beef . It is impossible to know where meat ended up because rules were broken . He and a colleague are the first involved in 2013 scandal to be sentenced .