FANS of blockbusting film Jurassic Park were urged to shun a monster-sized video racket.

Trading standards officers warned the public not to buy fake, poor quality videos of the film being hawked around East Lancashire pubs.

The movie had only been on show in the area's cinemas for two weeks, but officers suspected a cinema projectionist had been bribed into setting up a camera to copy the film.

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