Christopher Parr, trading as 'Up and Over Roofing and Building', swindled an 85-year-old widow out of nearly £8,000 after falsely claiming her roof needed replacing. He removed tiles but failed to complete the work, leaving the woman's home exposed to the elements. Parr was jailed for two years and three months and ordered to pay £12,887 in compensation.
A 'rogue trader' who fleeced an elderly widow out of almost £8,000 after he was called out to fix a leaky skylight at her home has been jailed.
But the town hall said he failed to return to complete the work and cited 'excuses' including that his child and wife were seriously ill and that he had been diagnosed with cancer. As a result, the woman's home in Salford was left exposed to the elements over winter months. In a statement released after the sentencing hearing, the council said: "The victim's property was left exposed to the elements throughout the winter months, apart from an ineffective membrane, until she realised that Parr was not going to return.
"The report concluded that the work that had been done was of a very poor standard, the value of the work undertaken was zero and the victim would incur additional costs in rectifying the work. The report also stated that it was highly unlikely, based on the rest of the roof, that the roof Parr had removed needed replacing, as he had claimed."
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