A roofer has been sentenced for gambling away thousands of pounds of deposits from people – some who were seriously ill – then failing to do any work.
Lincolnshire County Council said Leon David Mann of Pilgrims Way, Gainsborough, and his company Gainsborough Roofing, took 50 per cent deposits of between £500 and £2,750 from customers.
Rather than using the money to buy materials and secure start dates, the council’s Trading Standard’s division said he used it on online gambling sites.
