William McKay conned eight people while pretending to be a handyman and agreeing to do work that was not completed.
A bogus workman who threatened a procurator fiscal depute in a dispute over payment was jailed yesterday for 35 months.
These took place at properties in Glasgow, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, and Erskine, Renfrewshire, between July 2019 and 2021.He also admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner aggravated by prejudice relating to sexual orientation and a single charge of breach of the peace. Miss Anderson's daughter Lisa remained in contact with McKay who sent messages that were "derogatory, offensive and threatening" in nature.
He answered another Facebook advert in November 2019 posted by 32-year-old Scott Carney who was looking for a handyman.McKay told the victim that he was going to return after completing another job but never returned.He went on to steal three mobile phones while doing decorating work for Laura Harvey in December 2019.
The offence comes five years after McKay pled guilty to causing £15,000 of damage to a house he was supposed to be working on.
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