A 'cowboy builder' who did a runner after cheating a devastated family out of £46,000 and leaving their home wrecked spent the cash paying off his own four mortgages.
Jamie Thompson, 46, was contracted to build an extension in the Stockton home in 2017 so that elderly relatives could come and live with the family.
They grew concerned after nine agonising months of forking out cash did nothing to improve Thompson's shoddy craftsmanship and slow work pace.
After a host of issues including a run-in with the council, the family were eventually forced to face the undignified ordeal of visiting other people's homes to use the bathroom.
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