A woman who was conned out of thousands of pounds by a dodgy builder "went to her grave" without receiving justice.
David Varey vastly overcharged his victim for "shoddy" works to her roof and failed to carry out many of the tasks that he had agreed to complete. It is the second time that the 39-year-old has been rapped for poor quality workmanship.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Friday, that St Helens Borough Council carried out an investigation into roofing and building work undertaken by the defendant's business Dave's Roofing Solutions during May 2019 at a house on Neville Street in Newton-le-Willows. Kevin Slack, prosecuting, described how Varey was contacted by the now deceased homeowner Kathryn Keating to fix a leak in her roof in December 2018 after she spotted an advert for his services in a newspaper.
