Fraudulent Bartle roofer who conned retired residents is jailed for second time

.Steven Lee Jr. of Rosemary Lane in Bartle received a 14-month prison sentence at Preston Crown Court on Friday 10 February, following action by Lancashire County Council’s Trading Standards Service.

His victims, the owners of a dormer bungalow, had asked him to look at a small leak around the chimney, after advertising for a roofer on their local Facebook group. The court was told that Lee used a false name to prevent his victims finding out about his previous convictions on the internet. Lee and his men left a trail of devastation. Leaks sprang up everywhere, ruining all of the upstairs ceilings and causing rainwater to pour down through light fittings. Lead flashing was removed and replaced with a type of tape used for temporary repairs. Roof tiles with an expected remaining life of at least 25 years were replaced after Lee convinced the homeowners that they would be good for only a few years more.

The court heard that, throughout their year-long ordeal, the victims repeatedly begged Lee to come back and fix the leaks, only to be fobbed off with a series of excuses. When he did come out, Lee told the victims the problems were not his fault and often persuaded them to have even more work carried out.

He told Lee that his actions had been “deliberate and intentional and had left his victims in an awful position, causing them significant financial and emotional harm”.

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