Contractor accused of misusing funds freed of charges after uncle agrees to repay client

A building contractor had fraud charges against him dismissed last Friday after his family reached an agreement with the complainant to settle the matter.

Dustin Jackson, 31, had appeared before Georgetown magistrate Leron Daly on two charges.

It was alleged that in February, 2017, at Croal Street, Georgetown, Jackson, being solely entrusted with the sum of $70,000 by Claire Taylor to purchase a quantity of cement, converted the money to his own use and benefit. A similar charge read to him stated that in the same month, at Regent Street, Jackson, being solely entrusted with $94,500 by Taylor to purchase a quantity of steel and sand, fraudulently converted the money to his own use and benefit.