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Builder accused of 'legging it' with £18,000 and leaving disabled family's home a 'bombsite'

A disabled Telford man and his disabled mother have thanked a local landscaping company for coming to the rescue after their garden and driveway were left like a "bombsite" by another firm.

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Corey Haseley and mum Rachel Haseley-Rose say they've been conned out of £18,000

Corey Haseley and his mum Rachael Haseley-Rose who both suffer disabilities, needed to make their driveway and back garden in Chilcombe Drive, Priorslee, more accessible.

Corey, 28, is blind and a wheelchair user who suffers from de-generative eye condition optic atrophy, and a rare form of the life-limiting condition mitochondrial syndrome. His 51-year-old mum has the chronic autoimmune disease lupus.

In January, they hired a Midlands building firm to come and do the work, which was set to cost the pair £18,000.

Dodgy plastering and incomplete paving - covered up by artificial grass - is just some of the work not done properly

However, after the firm dug up the driveway and garden, they allegedly "legged it", despite having been paid several thousands pounds from the estimate by the the Haseleys.