Horsfield suggested in a letter to Recorder Penelope Stanistreet-Keen that in 2015 the business was going well - but she told him in the dock, 'this business was never going well', was never a viable business and he was making losses from day one.ĭebt-hit Horsfield convinced customers he knew what he was doing, produced computer generated images, paid small amounts to keep people at bay, did not finish jobs or undermined the job he got. He suggested his business was 'going well' He closed his first company when things were getting difficult and changed the company name to avoid bad press. He told people he had staff - but actually used sub-contractors.

When Mr Brown died, he decided to set up on his own business - despite being unqualified. Read more: Boss defends 'honest' Nottinghamshire pub worker despite £19,000 benefit fraudĪs he was sentenced and banned from running a business for 15 years, the court heard Horsfield had led a law-abiding, hard-working life until he met a builder called Simon Brown at a New Year's Eve party - a man he thought had it all.īut when Horsfield, whose specialism was sales, joined Mr Brown, Horsfield was making mistakes even then and lost money. Nottingham Crown Court heard about shoddy workmanship or builds or substandard work. Examples of problems which surfaced were: Leaking conservatories or orangeries, an electrical consumer unit boxed in without access, unsatisfactory plumbing - one where sewage came into the shower.

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