The two engineers, Colin Richard Marsh and his business partner Robert Farrell, received a collective ban of eight years at Bradford Crown Court on 21 March 2022 after pleading guilty to offences under the Insolvency Act 1986.

Marsh received an eight-month sentence suspended for two years, 250 hours of unpaid work, and was disqualified from being a company director for five years. Farrell received an 18-month community order, 120 hours unpaid work and was also banned from being a director for three years.