A Thoroughly Bad Egg

Puerto bella · Post by **Puerto bella** » 13 Sep 2007, 22:02

What do you make of the story on the front page of the EEN tonight re: Skyline Roofing's Mr Jardine?

Post by **wangi** » 13 Sep 2007, 22:24

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1464722007

THE boss of an Edinburgh building firm is facing jail after conning an English housing association out of more than £300,000.

Steven Jardine, the owner of Skyline Roofing and Building Service, pleaded guilty in court to seven counts of obtaining money by deception.
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rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 13 Sep 2007, 22:27

OOps, I hope the tennements on Bath St with flapping tarps on their roof were using a different company - or got him on a good day!

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 14 Sep 2007, 10:43

He's certainly got a big grin on his face in the photo they've used to accompany the article. The journalist must have been fair pleased with it.
I remember reading somewhere once about a politician who refused to smile for any photo on the grounds that he didn't want his grinning mug shot accompanying some disaster story.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 14 Sep 2007, 11:45

A corrupt builder????!!
I would never have thought it possible.
They're well known for being truthful, helpful, honest, reliable.........
so my mum thought til she paid the guys doing her roof and they scarpered, work unfinished.
I now have a long long ladder of theirs that they tried to sneak back and claim.