A YOUNG father has described his disappointment after taking his family to see the Lapland New Forest theme park.

Stephen Dimond told Bristol Crown Court today that he bought tickets for his wife and four-year-old son to go and see the attraction.

Instead of the promised "beautiful snow-covered log cabins" and a "magical experience" he said his family's experience was nothing like what they were expecting, the court heard.

Mr Dimond, from Hampshire, said his wife had checked the attraction's website.

"I was very encouraged by the pictures. It was the wording particularly which sold it to me - 'Beautiful snow-covered log cabins', the 'breathtaking tunnel of light'," he said.

With customers charged £30 a ticket and with up to 10,000 advance bookings online, the owners - brothers Victor and Henry Mears - were set to take £1.2 million in ticket sales.

The brothers, from Brighton, face five charges of engaging in a commercial practice which is a misleading action and three charges of engaging in a commercial practice which is a misleading omission.

The trial continues.