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Time to pay up Jailed kitchen fitter must shell out £103k to his victims
Bristol Post
|December 11, 2025
A ROGUE kitchen fitter from South Gloucestershire who was jailed earlier this year has now been ordered to repay more than £103,000 to his victims.
James Brown and wife Nina, pictured arriving at Bristol Crown Court for sentencing, in June this year
(Pic: Paul Gillis)
James Brown, aged 56, of All Saints Close, Longwell Green, was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Bristol Crown Court in June after admitting 19 counts of theft.
The court has now ordered Brown to repay £103,662 under the Proceeds of Crime Act, funded by the sale of his £450,000 home. He must also pay £25,000 towards prosecution costs.
The offences, committed through his companies JR Brown Interior Installations Ltd and Brown & Son Interiors Ltd, left 19 customers out of pocket for kitchens and bathrooms they paid for but never received.
This story is from the December 11, 2025 edition of Bristol Post.
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