Ten people have been sentenced for defrauding four pensioners out of hundreds of thousands of pounds for non existent, poor or unnecessary building work in north Wales, UK
Pictured: Undated custody picture of Christopher James Pollitt
Re: Ten people have been sentenced for defrauding four pensioners from north Wales out of hundreds of thousands of pounds for non existent, poor or unnecessary building work.
They defrauded one person out of £650,000 and another victim was the late grandmother of actor Jude Law.
Meinwen Parry, 89, who died in March 2015, had paid out £60,000 for work which should have cost about £3,500. ... more »
Pictured: Undated custody picture of Christopher James Pollitt
Re: Ten people have been sentenced for defrauding four pensioners from north Wales out of hundreds of thousands of pounds for non existent, poor or unnecessary building work.
They defrauded one person out of £650,000 and another victim was the late grandmother of actor Jude Law.
Meinwen Parry, 89, who died in March 2015, had paid out £60,000 for work which should have cost about £3,500.
Sentencing took place at Caernarfon Crown Court on Friday.
Judge Huw Rees said the level of greed was outstanding.
Stephen Jones, 38, from Llangefni, Anglesey, targeted Ms Parry's home at Bangor, Gwynedd.
He and Bedwyr Roberts, 35, from Bangor, also took £650,000 in life-savings from cancer patient John Bates between 2009-16, the court heard.
They were jailed for eight and six years respectively.
The offences centred around "extortionate" costs for roofing and building work undertaken in the Anglesey, Bangor and Conwy areas, said North Wales Police. The other defendants sentenced were: « less