Fraudster gardener avoids jail despite taking £25,000 from 'devastated' customers for botch jobs

Fraudster gardener avoids jail despite taking £25,000 from 'devastated' customers for botch jobs

A rogue landscape gardener has been convicted of defrauding "devastated" customers out of nearly £25,000 while leaving their gardens looking like "bogs".Ian Wheeler, 45, from Pontypool, had been taken to court by Torfaen council over a string of offences against customers across the area.Cardiff Crown Court heard how Wheeler's now-defunct company Gwent County Construction Ltd left gardens in "bog"-like conditions and took substantial deposits fo…