rogue builder

A fraudulent builder from Sandwich has been jailed for 22 months after conning victims and trying to avoid court by claiming he had cancer. An investigation by Kent Police into Michael Rylands revealed that he would convince people to pay for building work in advance, but never complete the jobs. Between 2019 and 2021, as well as leaving […]

A Derby builder who took more than £200,000 from homeowners while knowing his company could not pay its debts has been jailed. Michael Haslam ran M&J Builders Limited when it was insolvent, taking money upfront from homeowners and delivering as little work as he could get away with. His victims, who often found his company […]

A rogue builder has been sentenced to ten months in prison and given a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order. Builder Luke Wilson, also known as Sam Memetovic, age 37 of Lodge Crescent Warwick, ripped off a Leamington Spa resident, by initially agreeing a price of just over £14,500 to carry out plastering, electrical work, the removal of walls and a bathroom update. But within 20 days, Wilson […]

A rogue builder has been sent to prison for three years and seven months at Cardiff Crown Court. On Friday February 27, Patrick Teehan, 57, of Caerau, Cardiff was sentenced for participating in a fraudulent business after conning at least 18 victims into having sub‑standard work carried out on their homes. Much of the work was never […]