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According to Teesside Live, Michele Stowe, prosecuting on behalf of Stockton Council at Teesside Magistrates’ Court, said the complainant had worked and saved for a long time for the work required. But after taking the money, Wilson, 46, failed to carry out the job.
Mr Stowe said: “He (Wilson) knew at the time he got the money he had financial problems and quite clearly had no intention of ordering the doors.” The court heard how Wilson was now working for the company Safestyle UK and earning “quite a substantial amount of money”.
The defendant pleaded guilty last month to engaging in a commercial practice which involved misleading the householders and providing false information between August 7, 2020, and February 23, 2021. The charge was brought by Stockton Council under unfair trading regulations.
David Dedman, mitigating, said Wilson, of Paddock Green, Wynyard, was of previous good character and also pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity. He said Wilson had been self-employed at the time of the offence and wanted to pay the money he had taken under false pretences back.
Mr Dedman said: “He got himself into financial difficulty and he wanted to do this to get the money to pay a debt. He was robbing Peter to pay Paul. Unfortunately, this family were at the end of a domino effect of financial difficulties.”
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