A builder who left a gaping hole in a woman’s house where her kitchen once stood has been handed a suspended jail sentence.
Gary Roberts, from Cheshire, persuaded his victim to pay over £17,000 for new windows and a rear extension in 2021, which he never completed. The 60-year-old then paid himself more than £11,000 in funds from his GR Developments 1 Ltd company at the time it was entering liquidation.
Roberts, of Old Spot Way, Winsford, pleaded guilty to fraudulently removing property in anticipation of the winding-up of a company, contrary to section 206 of the Insolvency Act 1986. He was sentenced to six…
