Gypsy builder threatened to burn down pensioner’s home

A cowboy builder who called a pensioner a ‘cripple’ and threatened to burn down his home after he refused to pay for his shoddy repair work was jailed for 18 months. Mick Doherty, 49, banged on the doors and windows of the 79-year-old’s property in north London after he cancelled a cheque for £650. He screamed obscenities at the terrified victim, who has prostate cancer, arthritis, asthma and can only walk with the aid of crutches. Doherty lay down on…