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Bristol roofing scam went 'spectacularly wrong'

Posted by Landscape Juice on January 10, 2014 at 11:52am in Rogue Traders

A LANDSCAPER who posed as a roofer to carry out £9,000 worth of shoddy work has been given a suspended jail term. Bill Buckley suffered in the recession and resorted to roofing to try to keep his family together, Bristol Crown Court heard.

But, due to his hopeless lack of ability and aggressive trading, he ended up in court after taking £9,300 from three customers for useless or unnecessary repairs.

In one case he was paid more than £4,000 to install a new garage roof – but instead he demolished the garage and built a carport, which leaked rain and was too short for the car it was intended for.

Buckley, 45, of Whiteladies Road with a Clifton-based company, pleaded guilty to three offences under the Fraud Act 2006, and five under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.

Read more: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Roofing-scam-went-spectacularly-wrong/story-20425586-detail/story.html#ixzz2pznC0Bcu

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