LoginMatt Allwright: Crime in the kitchen
Matt calls to mind the controversial kitchen trader making monkeys of us all
Posted 04 February 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Opinion|Crime|National
OPINION: Matt Allwright reflects on rogue kitchen traders and the damage caused when home improvement work goes wrong, using a familiar consumer problem to underline why enforcement and public awareness still matter.
One of the headlines of the NTS Consumer Harm Report in particular caught my eye: a kitchen fraud operation worth millions brought to justice resulting in convictions and jail time for the main players. I knew there could be only one name involved – and looking through the detail I was not disappointed. My old sparring partner Vance Miller had once again been held up to account for his habit of...
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