A real estate agent who stole a deposit that dishonestly demanded from a client to list his property for sale and then threatened his boss, Haas avoided being sent to Prisonton.
Danny Wood, now a former branch manager at Cooper Adams in Brighton, demanded £ 750 from the seller Michael Dove when he put his house for sale.
Later, when no sacrifices were made, deaf, he requested that the property be tasks outside the market and recover his money. However, he was informed that Wood had left the company and currently in Australia, without any record that a task is tasks.
Upon his return, Wood, or Mill Street, Falmer, was accused of fraud and sending a threat, which he admitted in his first court in March.
On Friday, Brighton’s Court told him that the house keys had also disappeared, and what Dove thought were frequent visits in the autumn of 2023 did not really have the tasks.
The Wood Chief, Managing Director of Cooper Adams, Shaun Adams, returned his dove, and was his subject to Wood’s abuse, who said the real estate agency owed him money.
Resting, Benjamin Parkinson said: “Adams sent an email to Wood several times. A wooden email sent back was considered threatening.
“He said:” Shaun, you are lucky that I am here and not there, I would be down there passing my head through a wall. “
“He said that Adams had caused irreversible damage to his career and had papers ready for SA.” “
Wood returned from Australia and was arrested in Peacehaven in March 2024, under the name of Danny Callaghan.
Adams, who recently launched a petition against what he sees how the high rates of Rightmove listing, told Eye that his firm hired Wood as a branch manager after carrying out the usual prior checks, but then became a device.
“We offered help where we could,” Adams said. “Without knowing it to me, he asked a vulnerable client for a reimbursable cash deposit” retains “a property, something that was completely against our policies and without my knowledge or consent. He left the business before disciplinary measures could be completed, since he was already caught in other matters.”
Adams continued: “I report the fraud to the police. He later threatened me with violence and did not attend his initial court, he turned out that a court order was issued. Ultimately, he declared himself guilty.
“I am grateful to those who supported me through what has a very difficult and prolonged process.
“This case is a marked reminder of the importance of due diligence and the need to act when something feels bad. Transparency and responsibility are essential in any professional.”
The court read a statement of impact from the victim of Dove, who said: “When I attended the office and discovered that my house keys were missing and it also seemed that Danny Wood had been visiting my house despite the fact that no visits were reserved, it really turned me into really.
“The locks changed, which Shaun Adams paid.
“My wife worried about staying alone at home, we knew that the keys were missing. A year later and I’m still uncomfortable with the whole event. He left me and my wife feeling vulnerable.”
He added that and his wife intended to use the house sale processes to spend more with his family.
Defending, Teresa Mulrooney said: “When he left the company, before some of this happened, wages were due that they are part of a continuously separated dispute.
“Everything was both in the context of a very horrible marriage breakdown. He not only lost his wife, but for a while he could see his daughter.
“Now he has recovered his mental health and has contact with his daughter.
“They regret what happened. Hey felt that his employer should pay the money because his employee”.
The court heard that Wood has a previous conviction for Dishesty, when he carried out the community service of another person.
On Friday, Bank president Harry Callaghan gave Wood a 12 -month community order, with the requirement to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.
He was also indicated £ 346 and was ordered to pay a judicial surcharge of £ 114, judicial costs of £ 85 and compensation to Adams of £ 750.
