dodgy gas engineer tried to sneak out of court disguised as a WOMAN

A crooked gas fitter dressed-up in drag in a bid to sneak away court undetected.
Shamed Martyn Crute had just been fined £43,000 after a court heard that he carried-out dodgy installations without meeting safety standards.

But his attempt to avoid any negative publicity backfired spectacularly when he was spotted wearing a wig, dress and a pair of black high heels by a film crew from Anglia TV. 

What a drag: Crooked Crute tries to avoid the cameras after realising he's been rumbled
High-heeling it: But gas fitter Martyn Crute's attempt to disguise himself as a woman didn't fool the keen-eyed Anglia TV crew they filmed him as he shuffled out of Lincoln Crown Court and his antics subsequently appeared all over the TV news bulletins.

The Court heard employees of UK Oil and Gas Ltd, including director, Martyn Crute, carried out gas fittings and service pipework in several domestic properties between 23 February 2008 and 19 November 2008, despite not being registered with the Council for Registered Gas Installers (CORGI).

The company, which operated shops called Embers in Horncastle and Sleaford and has since ceased trading, also installed two gas combination boilers in an unsafe manner potentially risking people's lives.
A large number of complaints were received about work UK Oil and Gas Limited undertook including from 14 rented properties and one from an elderly couple who had their boiler condemned - costing them hundreds of pounds to fix on top of the original installation costs of more than CB£2,000.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Martyn Crute for breaching Section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 while UK Oil and Gas Limited of Carre Street, Sleaford were charged with breaching three sections of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998. 

Both parties pleaded guilty and were handed fines totalling £8,000.