A firm which caters for Hollywood stars has been fined nearly £6,000 for overloading several of its food trucks for a location shoot in Scotland.
Red Chutney Ltd and four of its casual drivers have been convicted of illegal overloading after a convoy of trucks was stopped in Perthshire.
The convoy was intercepted by police near where blockbuster series Outlander was being filmed.
The Epsom-based catering firm – which has worked on Star Wars and James Bond shoots – crammed 3,220 kilos more food on to its trucks than it was permitted to.
Sheriff Robert Dickson said: “It is persistent.
“I work out if they loaded up all their lorries correctly they would need at least one more lorry for each time they made this trip.
“They were hopelessly over the limit and over the limit on each vehicle. “Ultimately, if you put too much on five lorries then it means you don’t need the sixth lorry. That’s why we have this law.”
Red Chutney Ltd admitted five charges of overloading trucks on the A9 at Dalreoch in Perthshire on August 3 this year. The company was fined £5,800.
Drivers Declan Lambert, 51, Daley Deboer, 25, Craig Ireland, 47, and Perry Oram, 55, all admitted driving overloaded trucks and were fined £100 each.
Fiscal depute Lisa Marshall told Perth Sheriff Court the company operated at a number of locations and had overloaded vehicles by as much as 25%.
In his letter pleading guilty, Oram said: “When the opportunity for some ad hoc driving work came up I jumped at the chance to earn £15 per hour.
“This was my first ever driving job and, as a total novice, I had no idea that the weight of the vehicle might be an issue. I was just told to ‘drive that one’.”
The company claims to operate Britain’s largest fleet of on-set catering vehicles and boasts Mary Poppins Returns and Avengers: Age of Ultron among its credits.
It has also provided site catering to the stars and crew of Bond 24 – Spectre, Solo – A Star Wars story and Beauty and the Beast.
The company did not respond to requests for comment.