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Antony Thrower & Katie Hoggan

Cowboy builder jailed for destroying homes and leaving family with £78,000 bill

A rogue builder who destroyed customers’ homes and defrauded seven families out of £147,000 has been jailed.

Lee Slocombe, 40, ran Swansea-based firm Kamlee Builders and was paid huge sums of money for building work which was either unnecessary, incomplete, or well below standard.

Swansea Crown Court heard one couple paid more than £18,000 for work which a chartered surveyor testified would have normally cost less than £600 and taken an hour to complete.

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