People returned to Manchester Airport from trips abroad to find their vehicles had been damaged. File picA man who"lied to customers" with a sham airport car service in which up to 500 vehicles were left in a farmer's field or on nearby streets has been jailed for 17 months.
But owners later found their vehicles damaged, scratched and covered with mud, Manchester Crown Court heard. The court heard the combined turnover was up to £200,000 but the extent of the fraudulent trading was between £30,000 and £100,000. One customer used an app on her mobile phone while abroad to track her car as it was being driven around Manchester.