diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_utils_markup.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_utils_markup.py
index 3f7fb9fde..51c4f466e 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_utils_markup.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_utils_markup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ class UtilsMarkupTest(unittest.TestCase):
                          u'As low as \xa3100!')
         self.assertEqual(remove_entities('As low as £100!'),
                          u'As low as \xa3100!')
-
+        self.assertEqual(remove_entities('redirectTo=search&searchtext=MR0221Y&aff=buyat&affsrc=d_data&cm_mmc=buyat-_-ELECTRICAL & SEASONAL-_-MR0221Y-_-9-carat gold ½oz solid crucifix pendant'),
+                         u'redirectTo=search&searchtext=MR0221Y&aff=buyat&affsrc=d_data&cm_mmc=buyat-_-ELECTRICAL & SEASONAL-_-MR0221Y-_-9-carat gold \xbdoz solid crucifix pendant')
         # keep some entities
         self.assertEqual(remove_entities('<b>Low &lt; High &amp; Medium &pound; six</b>', keep=['lt', 'amp']),
                          u'<b>Low &lt; High &amp; Medium \xa3 six</b>')
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ class UtilsMarkupTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(remove_entities('a &lt; b &illegal; c &#12345678; six', remove_illegal=True),
                          u'a < b  c  six')
 
+
+
     def test_remove_tags(self):
         # make sure it always return uncode
         assert isinstance(replace_tags('no entities'), unicode)