Page 44 - br-may-2021

May 2021 May 2021

So, if you are a gardener and would like to support
DORSET TRADING STANDARDS wildlife conservation in a practical way, why not buy
your bean poles and pea sticks form a local coppicer
Dorset County Council Trading Standards Service check and rather than buy imported bamboo canes from a
approve businesses so you don’t have to. garden centre. John (the coppicer at Kite Hill) will
For more information visit www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk or deliver his bean poles and pea sticks – he can be
call 08454 040506. contacted on 0773 297 0484.
To report or seek advice about problems you have
experienced when dealing with a trader call 08454 040506.
No Mow May

Rogue trader jailed for fraudulent trading across four Do you have a lawn? Do you fancy a break from the
counties chore of mowing the lawn? Would you like to be more
wildlife friendly? Yes? If so, why not join the No Mow
A man who worked on a range of home and garden maintenance jobs at May movement! Simply, don’t mow during May – the
consumers’ homes in Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Devon has been jailed for daisies and other flowers that should emerge during
participating in a fraudulent business. the month will provide an additional and welcome
nectar and pollen source for our insects. More insects
On 22 March, at Bournemouth Crown Court, Thomas Edward Turner (Aged 41) of mean a greater food source for other wildlife, so birds etc are also benefitting.
Oaktree Farm Caravan site, Odstock Road, Salisbury, was sentenced to two years Even better, why not leave an area of your lawn unmown over the summer
and eight months imprisonment. allowing a wider range of plants to flourish, flower and seed – just mow in Autumn.
Fraudulent behaviour was identified at eight properties where he had worked,
carrying out a mix of roofing, guttering, driveway and path repairs, moss removal,
jet washing and garden work. These properties were in Ferndown; Christchurch; Souls Moor Ponies
Exeter, Devizes; Andover and Shipton Bellinger in Hampshire. A catalogue of
excessive charging, unnecessary work and charging for work not done was The ponies should be returning to Souls Moor during this month to continue their
revealed when these cases were investigated by trading standards officers from summer grazing of the meadow. Do say “hello” to them when you pass, but
Dorset.
His men would start
work immediately
and undertake
unnecessary and
sub-standard work
at grossly inflated
prices. The victims
paid in advance for
the work by cash or
b a n k t r a n s f e r .
Investigation of
T u r n e r ’ s b a n k
accounts led to the
details of seven
other victims being traced and together they were found to have lost over
£100,000 between them. Turner later admitted to a total of £70,000. 839209

44 33