| Two
admit £1.7m Town hall scam |
 TWO
men face jail after confessing their guilt in Camden Council’s
biggest-ever fraud case, worth more than £1.7 million.
Ex-council official Hieten Patel, 44, and co-accused
Bruno Hofferer, 55, pleaded guilty to a ten-year campaign
of defrauding the Town Hall’s housing benefits division,
at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday afternoon.
Opposition politicians immediately demanded a public apology
from Camden Labour leader Councillor Dame Jane Roberts.
The swindle – only brought to general attention after
details were uncovered by the New Journal in May last year
– stirred public anger and proved a huge embarrassment
for the department, which in recent years has been heralded
as one of the country’s top-performing benefit services. |
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| Hood
gang on rampage |
A HOODED graffiti gang ran wild
in a busy Camden Town street on Friday night, throwing bottles
and smashing a pub window, writes Richard Osley.
The teenage mob was stopped in its tracks when door staff
at the Dublin Castle in Parkway alerted police to the trail
of destruction – but the incident has heightened fears
that youth gangs are operating in the area again.
Just two weeks ago, hordes of rampaging youths caused panic
during a terrifying pitched battle with cannabis dealers in
nearby Inverness Street.
The latest disorder has prompted Dublin Castle landlord Henry
Conlon to call for extra measures to deal with the worst troublemakers.
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| Ex-No
10 aide joins row over schools |
 Fiona
Millar attacks government policy – again
THE former Downing Street advisor Fiona Millar has waded into
the row over reforms to Camden’s schools service with
a letter to the New Journal in which she also attacks the
government’s plans for reforming education.
Ms Millar, who was Cherie Blair’s aide and is the partner
of former Downing Street spin doctor Alastair Campbell, has
called on governors not to break off talks with Camden Council
over the reforms. |
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| Car
clampers face the end of the road |
| CAMDEN Council is considering
plans to end car clamping, a move which would make the borough
one of the first areas in the country to give up the tough
parking penalty. |
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| OTHER NEWS
HEADLINES |
| Art
error to be corrected |
| Bitter
pub licence row |
| Ella’s
singular way of going to school |
| Python
and playwright in Roundhouse fundraiser |
| More
cash for school dinners |
| Waiter’s
‘not guilty’ plea to axe killing |
| Town
Hall chief sees raid on crack houses |
| Rail
firm under fire over fences |
| Tower
block alert |
| Grief
and anger as ‘Dobo’s’ ashes are scattered
at Lock |
| Patient
died after drug overdoses |
| Brick-wielding
gang attack teen |
| Rat
backs case for flats repairs |
| Bakers
jostle for slice of action |
| Neighbours
transform churchyard’s ‘eyesore’ railings |
| Open
house as free car park faces chop |
| Mayor
beats off rivals’ challenge |
| Prisoner
had only 7p for 38-mile trip to his home |
| Cinema’s
late, late showings |
| School
wins tower block fight |
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