A judge has ordered the destruction of 52,826 pairs of shoes and 2,736 items of sports clothing.

The items, all counterfeit, were intercepted at Malta Freeport during transshipment to Libya.

The items bore fake Puma, Adidas, CAT, Asics labels.

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