A "rogue" landscaper who conned two householders out of thousands of pounds for work that was never finished has been jailed.
Brien's sister Katrina O'Brien, whose account some of the money was paid into, was also convicted over the con and was handed a community order. O'Brien drove the woman to her workplace to collect her mobile banking device so she could transfer £400. On October 20, Brien told the customer more work needed doing, increasing the overall price to £2,900.
On November 3 Brien and a man he described as his business partner, went to the property and asked for £100 as they were short on materials. When the householder refused, he began shouting at her. On December 20, the man and his partner both texted asking Brien when he would be coming back to to finish the job and he replied saying “stop stressing [me] out, I’m busy.” Further messages on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and December 27 went unanswered before the couple were told to stop texting as the company was not working over Christmas would be back on January 2.
Brien, of Rosette Walk, Swinton, was convicted after trial of four counts of fraud and three offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, two relating to professional diligence and one to misleading action. The court heard he has 32 convictions for 56 offences including one for rape, and a number for dishonesty and violence.
Let's hope he's the muppet when a bloke shoves his hand up his arse in prison.......
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