Rogue builders' in Devon leave code on driveway that says target this home again

Cowboy builder left coded pattern in driveway of an elderly couple in 2009 Since then they have had a series of rogue traders knock on their door Tradesmen have called round asking for 6,000 for work they do not need Police believe the pattern was left to identify house as a 'potential target' There are fears the symbol could have been used on other properties

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 07:36 EST, 9 January 2015 | Updated: 19:28 EST, 9 January 2015

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An elderly couple who were tricked into letting a rogue builder pave their driveway were mystified when a series of dodgy tradesmen kept calling at their home.

The visits took place over five years but the homeowners could not work out why they were being singled out.

But now police have the answer the original builder had left a code pattern in the driveway to tip off other cowboy traders that the owners were an easy target.

The builder, who massively overcharged them, at 4,000, left the job unfinished in August 2009 but at the centre of the driveway he had placed a squared pattern of different coloured blocks.

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