Builders Who Swindled Pensioner Out of Thousands Caught Out by Voice Notes - Liverpool Echo

Builders who swindled pensioner out of thousands caught out by voice notes - Liverpool Echo

Tom Lee, 39, and Freddy Young, 27, targeted a man in his mid-60s and pressured him for repeated payments after carrying out shoddy work

Cowboy builders jailed after leaving pensioner 'without a roof for three months' in £37k 'repair' job

Two rogue traders have been jailed after charging a pensioner £37,000 for a roof repair job which was calculated to cost over ten times less. Tom Lee, 39, and Freddy Young, 27, repeatedly hassled their victim to fork out large sums of money to do "shoddy work" to the roof of his home in Crawshawbooth, Lancashire Police said. The pair's rip-off was only stopped after his bank told police about the extortionate charges coming out of his account, P…

Two Bogus Builders Jailed for £37,000 Roof Rip-Off - Roofing Today

TWO ROGUE traders who charged a Lancashire homeowner £37,000 for roof repairs which were valued at £3,000 have been jailed. Bogus builders Tom Lee and Freddy Young repeatedly demanded the householder for various sums of money as they carried out the substandard work at the property in Crawshawbooth, near Rossendale. Preston Crown Court heard it was only when the man’s bank contacted police about the suspiciously large withdrawals that the fraud …