A serial fraudster is in jail once more after failing to hold out work for unsuspecting homeowners, together with aged ladies.
Jordan Nisbet promised to do jobs for seven clients in Wishaw and Motherwell.
However after taking cost - normally £20 to £25 - he disappeared and did not return.
Nisbet, 25, appeared from custody at Hamilton Sheriff Courtroom this week.
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He admitted committing the frauds in December final 12 months and January 2022.
The courtroom heard he focused homeowners in Kirkhill Place and Dimsdale Crescent, Wishaw, and Annan Glade and Chisholm Place, Motherwell.
Victims included two ladies aged 86 and 87 and a person aged 81.
Nisbet promised to do roofing and guttering jobs however by no means did.
He has a string of earlier convictions for comparable crimes.
Throughout a courtroom look in December 2020, Nisbet claimed to have "turned the nook" and insisted he would put his felony behaviour behind him.
HIs lawyer, Stephen MacBride, mentioned Nisbet's scams are "doomed to fail as a result of he lives in Wishaw, is well recognisable and, given his report, is an instantaneous suspect for the police".
Sheriff Martin Jones jailed him for 14 months this week, lowered from 21 months due to his responsible pleas.
The sheriff informed him: "I can not ignore your report for comparable offences which have led to quite a few custodial sentences.
"I am happy that custody is once more the one applicable sentence.
"To guard the general public from severe hurt, you may be below the supervision of social staff for seven months in your launch."
The sentence was backdated to January 20 as Nisbet has been in custody since his arrest.
Which means, below early launch guidelines, he's more likely to be free of jail later this month.
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