Cambridge rogue trader Jason Pateman of Fen Road must now do honest days' work after court hearing

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Thursday 6 Mar 2014 5:24 PM

Written byRAYMOND BROWN

A Cambridge rogue trader will now do some honest work after he admitted fraud and money laundering.

Jason Pateman, 23, of Fen Road, Cambridge has been sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to the offences committed in Cambridgeshire. He was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months, pay 440 compensation and pay 500 towards prosecution costs.

Pateman, who trades as Total Property Maintenance, preyed on older and vulnerable residents, finding customers by cold calling at their doors offering home maintenance services. He offered anything from roof repairs and gutter cleaning to garden wall maintenance, with work frequently being of a substandard quality.

This case follows an earlier prosecution of Pateman by Cambridgeshire Trading Standards in 2010 for failing to provide seven-day cancellation notices to his customers. Despite being given a conditional discharge in that case, Pateman has continued to carry out his activities without providing the requisite seven-day cancellation notices to his customers. These notice requirements are there to protect customers from high pressure selling, allowing them time to consider whether they really want work done.

Cllr Mathew Shuter, the county councils trading standards chief, said Rogue traders such as Jason Pateman prey on some of Cambridgeshires most vulnerable residents, winning their trust with their friendly manner, and then taking their savings in exchange for shoddy, unnecessary work and deprive honest traders of work.

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Cambridge rogue trader Jason Pateman of Fen Road must now do honest days' work after court hearing