A cowboy contractor who got himself "in a complete mess" about finishing off a job got someone to text a customer telling them he was dead. But the victim then saw the man in question the day after carrying out fencing work near Spider Island in Derby.
Steven Hargreaves, 56, of Alvaston, appeared at Derby Crown Court on Friday (June 2). The court heard that Hargreaves "turned nasty" and made threats he would "cut his throat" unless the customer dropped the charges against him. Handing him a 12-month community order, Judge Jonathan Bennett said: “It is a sorry tale.
“(The victim) wanted some fencing and gating done at his house and came across S&T Fencing and spoke to you. Figures were agreed, he paid some money, some work was done but then you got yourself in a complete mess about finishing this job off, Derbyshire Live reports.
