James Prentice, 41, from South Devon, was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years, ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay compensation of 4,500 to his victims.
Exeter Crown Court heard Prentice was declared bankrupt in December 2014 and although he could continue working as a builder through his company, JSP Woodworx, the terms of his Bankruptcy Restrictions Undertaking (BRU) meant he could not take more than 500 as a deposit from clients without disclosing he was a bankrupt.
Despite this, between June 2016 and January 2018, Prentice took more than 271,000 to build a retirement home on farmland in Taunton for his victims which he claimed was for his services and to supply goods needed for the p…
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