Elderly woman (88) lifted by gardener: 3525 euro

zoetermeer - In the Hague are rogue handymen active. A 88-year-old woman last week paid 3525 euros to a hopper, which has not completed its work. The police can do nothing, 'We are bound hand and foot.'

Community police officers Gerard Kiffen and Rob Doorneveld went along with the elderly woman in Zoetermeer. She received last week a handyman at the door, which operated as a sole proprietorship. 'We warn not to engage with characters popping in on spec,' said a police spokesman.

However, the police can not do anything in this case. As long as there is no legal basis for fraud as a ghost bill, it is a civil case is one among civilians. 'We are bound hand and foot,' says a spokesman.

On social media, people expressed their disgust over the incident. 'What an amount.... How could someone do such a thing? Cowardly, 'judge someone on Twitter. 'So we also think about', answers the police officers, who came Wednesday in women.