A man told how he hired a private detective to track down a bathroom fitter who disappeared with more than £3,000.
Paul Howson, 36, said he paid the tradesman to do a "two week job" on his bathroom that is still incomplete eight months later. The 36-year-old moved back in with his parents on the Wirral to save enough money to buy his first home.
After starting to get "fed up" with the search, he took the plunge and purchased his Mossley Hill property in spring 2021. The sale didn't complete until August of that year.
