The Scotsman

Electricia­n is jailed after stealing cash from OAPS

- By ASHLIE MCANALLY

An electricia­n who tricked a frail 87-year-old pensioner into handing over £25,000 for work that was never completed has been jailed for two years.

Robert Vize, 31, was hired to carry out electrical and renovation work for 87-year-old James Fisher at his Rutherglen home.

But instead of finishing the work he repeatedly took the OAP to the bank to withdraw money and gave him hand-written receipts for work that was never carried out between September 2016 and April last year.

Vize, from Port Glasgow, also pocketed cash from others, including £600 from 81-year-old James Higgins and £950 from Susan Goldie, from Cambuslang.

He was convicted of five fraud charges after a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court and sentenced yesterday.

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