A plumber from Bridgwater's been made to pay five thousand pounds in fines, court costs and compensation - after admitting trying to defraud an elderly woman.

Gary Coombes - of Quantock Way - was investigated by Trading Standards after the lady became suspicious and complained to them.

He'd denied charging her nearly found hundred pounds for work he actually never carried out ... but changed his plea to guilty just before he was due to go on trial last week.