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Luanne spoke to ITV News Meridian's Natalie Verney about her cowboy builder ordeal.

A woman from Oxfordshire who was conned out of 38 thousand pounds by a cowboy builder says she’s relieved he’s now behind bars. After a five year investigation by Oxfordshire Trading Standards, David McCallium from Bicester was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. In total, they discovered he’d defrauded 12 households out of more than 300-thousand pounds on botched building jobs. He was also convicted of running a company while bankrupt.

It’s five years since Luanne met David McCallium but her memories haven’t faded.

"He had the gift of the gab, he was a very good sales person, stroke conman, he was a smooth talker.

"He was nicely dressed and he sold himself very w

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