| Updated: 19:29, 26 February 2021
A Newark man who charged a vulnerable woman to resist nearly £20,000 for a £500 job has escaped being sent to jail.
The woman had approached Tristan Price, who was working locally in the Retford area, to carry out some garden maintenance work for her.
A fraud investigation was launched after the victim was charged £18,250 for taking down one tree, jet-washing the drive, patio and path, pruning three trees and emptying a garage. All of which should have only cost a few hundred pounds.
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The 22-year-old, of Tolney Lane, Newark, originally quoted £500 but on attending her home with a few men days later, he charged her £3,000 after cutting down a number of trees, mowing the lawn and pruning some bushes.
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