A gran says she was left "extremely angry" after being swindled out of hundreds of pounds by a serial fraudster - who blew his victims' money on gambling and porn.
Sue Cashman, 74, was one of 89 people targeted by window shutter installer Lewis Blake, who took clients' cash and disappeared without completing any work.
The retired primary school teacher says she is pleased that the 43-year-old, from Whitstable, Kent, is now behind bars, following a sentencing hearing earlier this month.
She said: “It made me very annoyed and extremely angry that someone dared come into my house and purport to be doing something useful and blatantly taking my money.”
Between August 2020 and May 2021, Blake took £64,774 from victims across the county, offering made-up excuses as to why the work was never done.
Between 2019 and 2022, it was found Blake had ordered just 14 shutters while splashing out more than £100,000 gambling and £14,000 on adult websites.
Ms Cashman was contacted by him in September 2020 after looking through a national website which sells window shutters.
The Canterbury resident was says she was offered the blinds for a cheaper rate and felt she was helping a local small business.
