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Rogue builder hit with PoCA ruling


A builder who left work unfinished has been ordered to compensate his victims

Richard Young

Posted 14 November 2024 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Crime|South West


UPDATES: Bath & North East Somerset Trading Standards has secured a £108,085 Proceeds of Crime Act order against a builder who took large deposits, abandoned work and left customers facing serious financial losses.

A builder convicted of unprofessional business practices has been ordered to pay his victims a combined £108,085 following a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing brought by Bath & North East Somerset Trading Standards.

Martin Brain (52) of Mangotsfield, Bristol, pleaded guilty in June to one offence relating to the contravention of professional diligence under the Consumer Prot...

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