A cowboy builder conned families out of thousands of pounds and stole building materials during a string of offences spanning more than a year.
Grant Peters offered to carry out building work but only partially completed the jobs between February 2020 and July 2021. The court heard he was paid more than £20,000 from victims.
The 39-year-old, from Dalkeith, failed to repay customers despite repeated requests and admitted obtaining money by fraud, reports EdinburghLive.
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Peters appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, where he pleaded guilty to four charges.
One victim in Dalkeith paid him £12,000 for work that was left incomplete between September 2020 and March 2021.
Another customer in Newtongrange was charged £7,000 for a job that was never fully carried out, while a third customer from Dalkeith paid £2,650 for building materials and work.
Between February and October 2020, Peters also stole a quantity of building materials from an address in Dalkeith.
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