HE’S ripped off multiple unsuspecting homeowners and pocketed tens of thousands of dollars, but today justice has been served on banned builder Matthew Rixon.
The unlicensed contractor has been sentenced to 18 months jail for contempt of court, Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean confirmed.
Rixon, 33, has pleaded guilty to contempt of court for breaching NSW Supreme Court orders from April 2013 that permanently banned him from working in the home building industry.
Five months after his initial ban he was charged for breaching those orders and a year later was given a suspended sentence of 18 months imprisonment.
However, within another five months of being sentenced, Rixon accepted $10,000 from an Allawah man to carry out fencing work that was never finished.
“Despite knowing full well he could not operate as a builder, Rixon took this poor man’s hard-earned money and left him high and dry,” Mr Kean said.
The full article by Marie Hogg appears on The Daily Telegraph
