AN ALLEGED rogue tradesman will appear before Swindon Crown Court next month.

Robert Hughes, 30, is said to have targeted two pensioners in Swindon in 2019 – allegedly telling one man he had installed a soakaway when he had not.

Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court, Hughes, of Cranleigh, Surrey, entered no pleas to three counts of fraud.

He is accused of failing to disclose to two customers information about their rights to cancel proposed works and making a false representation to one man that he’d installed a soakaway.

The offences were allegedly committed in October 2019. The case has been brought by Swindon Borough Council’s trading standards department.

Hughes was bailed to appear before Swindon Crown Court on June 4 for a plea and trial preparation hearing.