A cowboy builder who demolishes a paralyzed girl’s home after bullying her parents into paying him £75,000 has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
Lee Millard, 37, left Aftab and Shazia Alimahomed in debt and their house namely a building site following the botched work at their stuff in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in 2019.
The girl, who was paralyzed and incontinent, died last year after being forced to spend the final months of her life not being able to be cleaned correctly.
Mr. and Mrs. Alimahomed said their daughter had swallowed her last months without her “privacy and dignity” at a time they “should have been producing a memory.”
Pictures show the severity of the damage the rogue builder caused with the washroom for the disabled girl left demolished.
Millard had given the family a repeat and said he would not swallow charge anything on top for the addition they needed for their wheelchair-bound daughter, the court heard.
They were expecting a new kitchen, downstairs bedroom, and wet room installed, as well as a new ramp and patio area to give their daughter access to the garden.
But the couple was enforced to fork out an extra £30,000 after Millard “demolish” the property – leaving it with holes in the roof where rainwater flooded in.
Workers also cut through cables, bricks fell in and cement was spread across the house.
Millard later cut off all contact with the family and cease replying to messages after they refused demands to make further payments.
The court heard the couple remortgaged their home and take cash from family and friends for the extension.
Millard, of Bilston, West Midlands, was jailed for three and a half years after admitting cheat at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday.
In a victim crash declaration, Mrs. Alimahomed said: “It is unfeasible to put into words how this affected my family and beloved daughter.
‘The last 18 months of her life when we should have been making memories, instead we were living in a dangerous building site and she lost her privacy and nobility.’
Millard, of Bilston, West Midlands, later cut off all contact with the family and stopped answer to messages after they refused demands to make further payments.
He was jailed for three-and-a-half-years after confessing fraud at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday.
The court heard the couple remortgaged their home and borrowed cash from family and friends for the addition. A further hearing will be held in October to choose on exact costs and compensation.
After the case, Christopher King, Head of Trading Standards at Dudley Council, said: ‘We welcome the resolution of the court to force a lengthy jail term. This is a very serious case of rogue traffic against a family who needed and earn far better.
‘The family was left with their home slaughtered and in a dangerous, hazardous state.
‘Millard pocketed more than £80,000 and left the home glance like a building site, failing to deliver the new provision the family’s daughter desperately requires.
A court heard he gave the family a quote and said he would not charge anything on top for the addition they needed for their wheelchair-bound daughter. They were hoping for a new kitchen, downstairs bedroom, and wet room position as well as a new ramp and patio area to give their daughter access to the garden.
But the couple was enforced to fork out an extra £30,000 after Millard “destroyed” the property – quit it with holes in the roof where rainwater flooded in.
Workers also cut through cables, bricks fell in and cement was left scattered across the house.
Millard later cut off all contact with the family and cease replying to messages after they refused demands to make further payments. Shocking pictures show the gravity of the damage the rogue builder caused with the washroom for the disabled girl left completely wrecked.
Tragically the girl, who was paralyzed and incontinent, died last year after being forced to spend the last months of her life not being able to be cleaned properly Mr. and Mrs. Alimahomed said their daughter had spent her final months without her “privacy and dignity” at a time they “should have been making recollection.”
Millard, of Bilston, West Mids., was jailed for three and a half years after confessing fraud. After the case, Christopher King, head of trading standards at Dudley Council, said: “We welcome the decision of the court to foist a long jail term.
“This is a very serious case of rogue traffic against a family who needs and merits far better. The family was left with their home decimated and in a dangerous, hazardous state.
“Millard steal more than £80,000 and left the home keek like a building site, failing to deliver the new facilities the family’s daughter hopelessly
needed. Not only that, he and his workers also managed to demolish the existing facilities, leaving her with nowhere to wash or worthy toilet facilities, and confined her in a small room for four months.
