A cowboy builder who that took £300,000 from four separate families but left their homes in ruin has been jailed.
To complete Tony Mottram's, 45, unfinished work- his victims had to fork out an extra £200,000, leaving them out of pocket and their 'lives ruined'.
Details of Mottram's disastrous building work was heard by St Albans Crown Court, Hertfordshire.
This included leaving loft conversions without roofs, live wires hanging from ceilings and leaving a breeze block wall un-adjoined that fell and almost killed a homeowner's children.
One of Mottram's victims, Carla Claydon spoke about how he ruined their family home and stole their life savings after promising her a loft conversion.
Carla, 44, said that the stress Mottram caused made her 'hair to fall out', and her 'distraught' husband lost two stone over the two year ordeal. Pictured: The home covered in scaffolding for the promised loft conversion
Carla Claydon's house in St Albans, Herts which was left in a state by builder Tony Mottram who promised them a loft conversion
Carla, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, hired the cowboy to build a loft extension for their semi-detached home in February 2017. Mottram even managed to con a free holiday out of them
The couple, who have two disabled children aged six and seven, paid Mottram £37,000 to build the conversion but had to pay another £30,000 out of their life savings to repair the damage he caused
Mottram has been jailed for nine months and is disqualified from being a company director for seven years.
One of his victims, Carla Claydon spoke about how Mottram ruined their family home and stole their life savings after promising her a loft conversion.
Carla, 44, said that the stress Mottram caused made her 'hair to fall out', and her 'distraught' husband lost two stone over the two year ordeal.
Carla, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, hired the cowboy to build a loft extension for their semi-detached home in
