A cowboy builder caused £78,000 from a disability grant and then accused the homeowner of "playing the disability card" when he failed to complete the work.
Billee Hopkinson, 35, pocketed money from a disability grant handed to him when he was tasked to convert a mother's garage for her disabled daughter.
A court heard the man's shoddy workmanship "left chaos and devastation in its wake" for the despairing mum, Katrina Raynor, and other victims.