FRAUDSTER TOOK £10k FROM OAPs
Graham Dodd, aged 72, was one of two elderly men to give bogus workman Patrick Maughan a total of £10,000 for jobs he never carried out.
As 20-year-old Maughan, of...
Comment on this storyGraham Dodd, aged 72, was one of two elderly men to give bogus workman Patrick Maughan a total of £10,000 for jobs he never carried out.
As 20-year-old Maughan, of...
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My son goes to Oakhill Primary School and we have to walk to school everyday.
And everyday we, along with many other parents, have to battle walking the pavements and down Rookery Lane to the school avoiding constant dog mess.
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