A man who posed as a licensed builder carried out restricted work on 34 Dunedin and Mosgiel properties before he was caught, a court has heard.
Ian Fletcher Stead, 65, director of Steadfast Civil Ltd, was sentenced to 300 hours' community work before the Dunedin District Court this week for offending which spanned more than 18 months.
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He previously pleaded guilty to representative charges of forging a document and two under the Building Act.
Stead applied for a discharge without conviction but that was denied by Judge Michael Turner.