Fraudsters fined for fleecing Blantyre couple over landscaping work

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Two fraudsters have been hit in the pocket after a Blantyre couple were fleeced over landscaping work. The unwitting customers paid Peter Heaney, 40, and Patrick Heaney, 29, for a job that wasn't done.The pair admitted obtaining money by fraud in March 2022.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Sheriff John Speir was told that the Heaneys, both of Dalry, Ayrshire, have since repaid £2,500 to their victims.The sheriff told them: "It's to your credit that you have repaid this money and the punishment I now impose is modified to reflect that."It is on one view a modest fine to mark the fact that you have committed a criminal offence."Each man was fined £470 which they offered to pay within 28 days. *Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire.

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