Two men helped con artists steal £16,000 from a vulnerable pensioner, a court has heard.
Alfred Hillier, 39, of Lathum Close, Prescot, and Stephen Yates, 39, of Kelso Road, Fairfield, both appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to one count of possessing criminal property. Michael O’Brien, prosecuting, detailed that Peter Wolford, a 67-year-old man was at his home in September 2019, when he was approached by males who were working on his neighbour's home.
The men, claiming to be builders, told him he needed work doing on his chimney, and that originally it would only cost £10. They then returned and said further work was needed and it would actually cost £5,000, and scaffolding and machinery would be used but needed to be purchased.
