A 'rogue trader' who left customers out of pocket in a £15,000 fraud has been jailed. Council bosses in Rochdale - who investigated Christopher Barlow after numerous complaints - said his crimes gave 'trustworthy tradespeople a bad name'.
Barlow, said the council, took thousands of pounds from people for paving and groundwork jobs that were not started or left incomplete.
He used false names and a bank account belonging to a third party in a bid to cover his tracks, said a town hall spokesman in a statement after his conviction and sentence.
