Would you use this tradesman?

[Melbourne12]

Several months ago, a man knocked the door and was trying to sell driveways. We have a driveway and I gave him the usual “I need to speak to my DP” line and never heard anything back from him.

The man contacted me out of the blue this morning and asked if I was still considering the driveway. I guess work must be drying up.

Anyway, he offered to email a quote and when he did so, his name was obviously attached to it. I Googled him and lo and behold, he was convicted of domestic assault very recently.

From what I could see, he battered his wife when he was drunk and avoided jail, getting a suspended sentence instead. It’s definitely the same person - unusual name and his company is mentioned in the article.

I already know that I won’t use his services, but AIBU? Is it better to let people move on and remedy their mistakes?

I wouldn't touch the bastard with a bargepole.

I never employ trades who come cold-calling to offer their services. If they were any good at their trade they'd be too busy too need to knock on doors.

Or they might just be starting out?

I have employed several really good tradesman for a series of projects on our house recently. In every case they have so much work that I’ve had to join the queue. Any tradesman worth employing does not need to go door knocking. Those that do are probably not the ones to go for.