Two bogus builders who conned elderly people out of more than £1 million are facing prison.

Moses Mead, 25, of Springhead Road, Northfleet, and Christopher Latty, 38, of Victoria Street, Gillingham, tricked their victims into believing their homes were in imminent danger of collapse.

The pensioners ended up paying for costly and unnecessary repairs. One victim in his 60s handed over £522,000, while an 82-year-old man from Walderslade paid out £230,000.

Victims were targetted throughout Kent, south east London, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Hampshire.

Mead and Latty were arrested in Cambridge in January. On Friday, at Maidstone Crown Court, Mead pleaded guilty to 11 offences of fraud by misrepresentation between April 2007 January 2010.

Latty admitted two charges of fraud by misrepresentation between the same dates.

They were remanded in custody until their sentencing hearing on July 9.

The victims were aged between 66 and 92. Mead was the main organiser of the fraud while Latty acted as a "site foreman" or a courier to collect cash from the homeowners.