"Claire Rand" wrote in message
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> Colin Peters wrote:
>> "Claire Rand" wrote in message
>> news:EbGdnZsxspbJRLjVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk...
>>> Colin Peters wrote:
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> could be a good thing after all, since the plod won't enforce it anyway,
>>> and to push for a criminal action requires a higher standard of
>>> evidence.
>>>
>>> but it would work both ways.. e.g. a utility company overcharging but
>>> not being able to refund it due to 'company policy'.
>>>
>>> swings and roundabouts
>>
>> Surely, to engage a builder and have him lay out his time, his skills and
>> his finances on your behalf, and then refuse to pay him for a job well
>> done, is a criminal act.
>>
>> Is not obtaining goods and services by deception, and then refusing to
>> pay for them, a criminal act?
>
> exactly as it should be, hence the builder doesn't have to spend his own
> time and money dealing with fraud.
>
> of course getting plod to actually do something may be hard, the cps even
> harder
You are correct there Claire. I've tried the police 3 times and the head
local man of the cps, Neil Franklin, once. He told me that they only take
referalls from the police. So what do I do? It's a vicious circle.
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