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The conviction of a rogue Dudley landlord who failed to rectify safety hazards in a property he let has been upheld.

A businessman took more than £600 a week from Dudley Council to provide security at one of the borough’s oldest buildings – but was caught out on “numerous occasions” with no staff actually on site.

A man who pleaded guilty to selling illegal tobacco in a shop in Brierley Hill and originally avoided jail back in 2019, now finds himself behind bars.

A rogue gardener who failed to complete work and left consumers out of pocket is now behind bars after pleading guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court earlier this month.

A fraudster who was previously convicted and jailed for conning a 93-year-old war veteran out of nearly £250,000 is back behind bars after failing to repay money stolen.

A landowner who ignored several requests to carry out safety repairs to his property on Colley Gate in Halesowen has been hit with a court order.

A builder, whose workmanship was so poor that an extension he constructed at a Stourbridge property had to be demolished and rebuilt, has been prosecuted in a case brought by Dudley Council’s Trading Standards.

The previous owner of a retail butcher in Lye has pleaded guilty to eight food hygiene offences, following a food inspection from Dudley Council.