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BBC News | We paid our builder £44k - then he had us arrested

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Rob and Lucy Davies hired builder Steve Figg to add a single‑storey extension to their home in Langdon Hills, Essex, paying him £44 000, but his work left the house “like a bomb site,” with a gaping gap, exposed walls and a risk of collapse. After months of delays and unfinished, unsafe work, Figg accused the couple of harassing him and reported them to the police, leading to their 22‑hour arrest; he also claimed he wanted to kill them. At Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court Figg was ordered to pay the Davieses £85 000 in compensation after admitting 22 breaches of building regulations, and further investigations revealed similar abuse of other customers—some of whom suffered property damage, threats with a chainsaw and sledgehammer, and severe personal stress. The case highlights a pattern of fraudulent, dangerous building practices by Figg, leaving multiple families with ruined homes, strained relationships, and costly legal battles.

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