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  • loaded language: 'shocking'
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Builder Sentenced for Defrauding Homeowners of £700,000

Patrick Damien Hartley has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for defrauding 13 homeowners out of £700,000 in the North West of England. He abandoned construction projects, leaving properties unfinished and causing significant damage. Hartley pleaded guilty to multiple fraud and consumer protection offences, and a seven-year criminal behaviour order was imposed alongside his sentence.

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Patrick Damien Hartley has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for defrauding 13 homeowners out of £700,000 in the North West of England. He abandoned construction projects, leaving properties unfinished and causing significant damage. Hartley pleaded guilty to multiple fraud and consumer protection offences, and a seven-year criminal behaviour order was imposed alongside his sentence.

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Loaded-language score 36/100
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Inflammatory language 2/100
Sentiment -50/100

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  • ✕ loaded language: 'furious'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'shocking'
  • ✕ headline asserts a conclusion / scare-quotes

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Original Headline

One of Britain's 'worst cowboy builders' is jailed for fleecing 13 families out of £700,000 after unfinished work left water pouring through ceilings and windowless walls standing on stilts

Neutral Headline

Builder Sentenced for Defrauding Homeowners of £700,000