Three men due in court following investigation into rogue trading in Cork City
The rogue traders pressured a woman in her 70s into handing over €5,000.
Gardaí checking on local residents of Cork City as part of the operation. Picture: Gardaí
Tue, 22 Dec, 2020 - 08:13
Greg Murphy and Ciarán Sunderland
Three men are due in court this morning after being arrested in an investigation into rogue traders in Cork.
In September, a woman in her 70s told Gardaí men had called uninvited and told her they would fix her roof.
She was then pressured into handing over €5,550 before being asked to go to the bank to take out more.
Three men arrested during an operation targeting suspected rogue traders in Cork City are due to appear before Cork City District Court at 10.30am.
The three men, all aged in their 20s, were arrested on Monday evening and detained at Togher and Bridewell Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
A spokesperson for An Garda Siochana has revealed they have since been charged.
It follows a report submitted by a woman in her 70s living alone on September 4, 2020 about work she recently had done by tradesmen at her house in the Bishopstown area of Cork.
She told gardaí that on the morning of August 24, three men had arrived at her house uninvited, and agreed to clean her driveway for €900.
Three suspected rogue traders have been arrested in Cork city after an elderly woman paid €5,450 for them to clean her driveway and fix her roof.
The three men, all in their 20s, were arrested this morning. The woman, in her 70s, reported the incident that occurred on August 24 to gardaí on September 4.
The men agreed to clean the woman s driveway for €900 and then stated that the roof needed to be fixed along with other jobs and made her feel pressured into paying over €5450.
When she had no cash left, she was even asked to go to the bank to withdraw more money.
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THREE MEN HAVE been arrested by gardaí targeting suspected rogue traders in Cork city.
The men, all aged in their 20s, were arrested this morning. They are currently detained at Togher and Bridewell garda stations.
Gardaí said a woman contacted them on 4 September regarding work conducted outside her home in August.
The woman aged in her 70s lives alone in the Bishopstown area of Cork.
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Gardaí conducting a rogue trader checkpoint in September of this year.
Image: Garda Press Office
Image: Garda Press Office
GARDAÍ HAVE WARNED elderly people to beware of rogue traders attempting to carry out needless repair work on homes across the country this festive period.
Earlier this year, officers based in Cork city identified 50 people they suspected to be carrying out these works.
Most of the time, the men targeted widows or elderly couples and get them to hand over thousands of euro for repair works that were never needed in the first place.