Cowboy builder who scammed 50 families out of £650,000 is jailed for five years after judge tells him 'People like you are a thorough menace'

Lawrence Martin 'took advantage' of vulnerable customers including one woman who was having work done to help her dying father-in-law, a court heard.

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