Crooked boiler fitters face jail for pesinoner rip-off

Two conmen who posed as boiler fitters to fleece a retired civil servant out of £4,000 are facing jail. William Smith, 20, and George Davis, 23, turned up at the home of Andrew White in Hornchurch, Essex, on 6 October this year. They told the 80-year-old they fitted his boiler a few years prior before Mr White escorted them inside to have a look, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. The pensioner was also asked to write a cheque for £1,500 for…