A bankrupt builder who persuaded a customer to pay him more than £30,000 for home improvements he never completed has been sentenced.
Wayne Miller deliberately concealed his status as a bankrupt from his victim and abandoned the building project in Canterbury when it was nowhere near finished. He also promised to repay the customer for the unfinished work and goods but no payments were ever made.
Work on the project, which was supposed to include a new kitchen and two-storey extension, was due to start in March 2018, and Miller told the customer it would take around eight weeks to complete.
Miller and the customer agreed that the total cost of £43,528 would be paid in five equal instalments of £8,705.60, with the…