In total Theobald took almost £30,000 from victims for jobs he never started or didn’t complete.
He was jailed for three years after targeting a large number of victims spread over a wide area including Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and London.
The roof repairs and home improvements were often defective, leaving some customers with many thousands of pounds in remedial costs.
The hearing was told of nine separate cases in which Theobald, 30, had responded to tenders for work, mainly on website Rated People.
Theobald, of Seathwaite Road, King’s Lynn, had been committed for sentence on two matters.
At earlier hearings he had pleaded guilty to carrying on a business for fraudulent purposes between 2017 and 2020 – a prosecution brought by Norfolk County Council’s trading standards department.
While keen to put his faith in Theobald, Mr Taylor was confronted with hurdles at every turn. He would say, I have a cash flow problem, do you mind giving me some more money? , he added.
“Some days he wouldn’t show up until 11 and then he would go four hours later, saying he had other jobs.
Wesley Theobald was sentenced at King s Lynn Crown Court to three years in prison
- Credit: Chris Bishop
By August the work was still not complete, and Mr Taylor was losing patience.
He said: “There were a lot of excuses about Covid and materials not being available, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt.
Despicable King s Lynn trader jailed for fraud and pub attack
| Updated: 12:01, 26 February 2021
A violent and âdespicableâ Lynn trader who took almost £30,000 for jobs he never started or didnât complete has been jailed for three years.
Wesley Theobald targeted a large number of victims across Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and London.
The roof repairs and home improvements were often defective, leaving some customers with many thousands of pounds in remedial costs.
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Kingâs Lynn Crown Court heard yesterday that Theobald, who failed to declare that he was an undischarged bankrupt, took deposits, exaggerated work needed and left jobs half-done, refusing to return money when his customers complained.
Rogue trader who threatened a March woman with violence has been jailed
| Updated: 07:46, 01 March 2021
A March woman was a victim of a violent and âdespicableâ rogue trader who took almost £30,000 for jobs he never started or didnât complete.
Wesley Theobald has been jailed for three years after targeting a large number of victims spread over a wide area including Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and London.
The roof repairs and home improvements were often defective, leaving some customers with many thousands of pounds in remedial costs.
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Kingâs Lynn Crown Court heard on Thursday (25) that Theobald, who failed to declare that he was an undischarged bankrupt, took deposits, exaggerated work needed and left jobs half-done, refusing to return money when his customers complained.