Rogue traders fined for conning Herefordshire pensioner
TWO rogue traders have been fined for conning an elderly Ross-on-Wye woman into having unnecessary and expensive roof repair works. A Bournemouth company, its director and salesman, who targeted the 78-year-old were all fined in court for unfair trading offences. Hereford magistrates court found the two men and the company guilty of the aggressive practice of carrying out work two days after the contract was made, failing to give the homeowner a 14-day cooling off period. They were also found guilty after trial of misleading the woman into having wholly unnecessary roof cleaning and c...