Lincolnshire Buying and selling Requirements has secured a prosecution in opposition to Martin Paul Jacks, after he fraudulently charged a person in Grantham for constructing works that he had no intention of doing.
Mr Jacks – 41, of Greystoke Drive, Bilborough, Nottingham – was sentenced to 6 months in jail at Lincoln Crown Court docket on Friday 11 November 2022.
Between 2014 and 2017, Martin Jacks visited Mr A at his house in Grantham on a variety of events to promote him constructing work on his property, claiming he labored for an organization known as ‘Riverside’.
Over his visits, Mr Jacks took a number of cheques from Mr A, amounting to over £12,000.
Mr Jacks had proven the sufferer brochures from different firms to attempt to legitimise his false backstory, and on one event, neighbours noticed him pressure his method into Mr A’s home to attempt to get extra money from him.
After the neighbours known as the police, officers got here to Mr A’s home and Martin Jacks answered the door. He then ran however was chased and apprehended by police who handed the case to Lincolnshire Buying and selling Requirements.
Principal Buying and selling Requirements officer, Andy Wright, investigated the case. He mentioned: “Jacks drove particularly from his house in Nottingham to Grantham to prey on his sufferer.
“Mr A was a frail, aged man who was recognized with Alzheimer’s, and Jacks clearly considered him as a simple goal. Mr A was undoubtedly petrified of Jacks.
“Our investigation revealed that Jacks had visited his sufferer on a variety of events over three years and brought cheques for fictitious constructing work. He then used a cheque cashing service in Nottingham to acquire his ill-gotten positive factors.
“Court docket backlogs have delayed this case coming earlier than a decide, however we’re happy to see the decide agree that Mr Jacks must be behind bars.
“On this case it was solely the vigilance of an in depth neighbour who noticed Jacks pressure his method in, and the speedy response of Lincolnshire Police in Grantham, that helped us brings Jacks to justice.”
Martyn Parker, assistant director for public safety at Lincolnshire County Council, added: “On this event, merely looking for a neighbour helped deliver this profession legal to justice. Mr A lived alone, and so his neighbours maintaining a tally of him, and their fast motion in calling the police, helped cease Martin Jacks from persevering with to focus on him.
“This case additionally highlights the shut working relationship between Lincolnshire Police and Lincolnshire Buying and selling Requirements; each organisations work tirelessly to guard weak residents like Mr A and cease the criminals who select to make the most of them.”
In case you are involved {that a} enterprise is appearing in a method that they shouldn’t, you may report this to Buying and selling Requirements by the Residents Recommendation shopper service. Go to www.citizensadvice.org.uk/shopper or name 0808 223 1133.
