A cruel fraudster claimed to be in a "vegetative state" to avoid court but was caught on camera walking normally the day before.
William Bower targeted at least 23 elderly and vulnerable people looking for landscaping, gardening or property works, and overcharged them for unnecessary work he barely completed.
Lincolnshire Trading Standards officer, Alan Griffin, said when Bower was questioned about his actions he had so many business names he couldn’t remember them all, LincolnshireLive reports.