Rogue trader Lee Bodie conned his victims out of thousands of pounds and spun a web of lies - including a shocking claim he had been hospitalised with testicular cancer. Lying Bodie, who operated three different companies for groundwork or building services, duped nine people out of their hard-saved cash to the tune of £32,780, making fake promises of building works which hardly ever got off the ground.
In one case, Nottingham Crown Court heard Bodie, who answered requests on a builder website to source reputable builders, carried out work at a woman's home to an unacceptable standard - but he told the homeowner the cancer lie - something she found to be untrue when she saw him in B&Q.
Bodie was jailed for 27 months on Thursday (March 23) on 10 charges of fraud, which he pleaded guilty to at an earlier hearing. The victim who was met with the cancer claim had advertised for work to convert her summer house. She got in touch with a company, and one of the men who attended her property was Bodie.
