On May 10, 12:27=A0pm, "Colonel Colt" wrote:
> "Colin Peters" wrote in message
>
> news:SrfVj.1959$%e5.158@newsfe29.ams2...> Nigel Gray, the builder in West =
Sus. who has achieved a lot of
> > nationwide publicity recently through his demolishing of a non paying
> > customers porch and conservatory, has now got a website up at
> >www.roguecustomer.com
>
> > Interestingly, he is seeking to have claims against bad debtors over
> > construction works processed through the criminal courts rather than the=
> > civil courts.
>
> > Any thought on this anyone?
>
> Let's hope Gray goes to jail for criminal damage.
The person that failed to pay for the work is a tenant and the house
is owned by the local authority. My understanding is that alterations
and additions like that therefore belong to the local authority, and
it is they that gave him permission to remove/demolish them. In those
circumstances, I don't think it is criminal damage.
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