A bankrupt builder has been jailed for a year after failing to declare his status when obtaining money from five people and leaving them in “unliveable” homes.
Nigel Dinneen, 72, of Mickleover, Derby, took advanced payments for work without telling customers that he had been declared bankrupt in July 2019, as he was legally required to, according to the Insolvency Service (IS).
In a statement, the IS said his first victim, who lives in Leicester, described the builder as being “very enthusiastic” for a contract to be signed and for a deposit to be paid in summer 2019 for a £40,000 extension.
However, it said Dinneen did not tell the man about his bankruptcy when he took the advance payment, and problems arose within months.
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