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Builder sentenced for unfinished work


A builder has been given a suspended jail sentence and ordered to repay customers

Richard Young

Posted 10 February 2025 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Crime|South West


UPDATES: A Gloucester builder has received a suspended prison sentence and been ordered to repay victims after leaving poor-quality work unfinished and demanding further payments.

A builder who carried out poor quality work and left jobs unfinished has been given a suspended prison sentence following an investigation by Bath & North East Somerset Trading Standards.

Thomas Harris (31) of Cosford Close, Gloucester, trading as HCG Building Contractors Ltd, came to the attention of Trading Standards following complaints that he had failed to carry out work with...

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