The family paid £39,000 for building work. The house was condemned before he walked away.
An independent surveyor found the completed work had "little monetary value." The property was condemned as structurally unsafe. The family — including a young child — spent months eating in a garage.
He said no. They started anyway. It cost him £92,930.
Two builders knocked uninvited near York, were told the homeowner didn't want any work done, and started regardless. Twenty-four payments later, police arrested them on the doorstep.
He coached a pensioner to lie to her bank. Then police found his phone.
Cooper escorted elderly victims to cash machines across Kent and told them what to say. His phone held videos of victims, voice notes mocking them, and him singing about the money.
He pleaded guilty to defrauding 9 pensioners — then vanished before sentencing
Two trading names. Nine elderly victims. One of them paid £118,000 for a roof worth £12,000. He was jailed for 10 years in an empty courtroom. He's still at large.
He changed his name by deed poll to bury his convictions
Two prior fraud convictions. One legal name change. Thirty-seven homeowners who found nothing when they searched — because that was the plan.
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