County Antrim Builder Who Left Couple’s Home Open to the Elements in a £32,000 Extension Fraud Avoids Prison

Suspended jail term for Ballyclare-based builder who left '£32,000' extension substantially unfinished

A Ballyclare-based builder, who was paid almost £32,000 to build an extension but left the job substantially unfinished, has been handed a suspended sentence and fined a total of £1,000.

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County Antrim builder who left couple’s home open to the elements in a £32,000 extension fraud avoids prison

A County Antrim builder who left a couple’s home resembling “a shell” in a £32,000 extension fraud has avoided being sent to prison.

Ballyclare builder sentenced over fraud offences after £32,000 extension left as ‘shell’

Tuesday 22 September 2026 A Ballyclare builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of six fraud offences in a case involving a Belfast homeowner who paid more than £32,000 for an extension that was left substantially unfinished. The homeowner had agreed a £32,000 price with Kyle Agnew, 38, of Charles Drive, Ballyclare, who was trading as KA Building Services. By February 2022, £31,825 had been paid, but major elem…