He is already disqualified as a company director until May 2016 and the disqualification period was extended by six years to 2022.

Morrissey, 47, was the sole director of Morrissey Contracts Limited and Morrissey Developments Limited.

He owned up to two counts of fraudulent trading, five counts of fraud and one count of failure to keep adequate company books and records. The charges related to the two companies which provided building services mainly in the Bristol area.

The court heard Morrissey provided contracts to customers, which falsely claimed that there was a valid Builder’s Public Liability Insurance Policy in place.

This meant that the customers were left uninsured for the shoddy or half finished work that Morrissey left them with.

Morrissey carried on the business of both companies with the intention of defrauding its creditors.

He negotiated contracts with customers where they would pay up front for work that he never intended to carry out.

Deposits were taken from all customers far in excess of the value of work completed.

Suppliers and subcontractors involved in the limited work completed were not paid, while large unidentified cash sums were withdrawn from the company bank accounts.

Morrissey Contracts Limited entered liquidation in 2008 but failed to provide the liquidator with the company’s books and records as requested.

Commenting on the case, Deputy Chief Investigating Officer Liam Mannall from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills said: “Mr Morrissey deliberately set out to defraud customers who trusted him to finish the work they had contracted him to do.

“Company directors who behave in such a way should know that we can and will investigate and take appropriate action against them.

“In addition to the matters detailed here, Mr Morrissey’s house has been restrained, pending confiscation proceedings, which are ongoing.”