‘Living the Life of Riley’ on council bribes

A manager at a housing services company took his mother to tea at the Ritz as he lived the ‘life of Riley’ on corporate bribes, a court heard. Andrew Langston, 42, had £16,000 worth of work done on his home for free while also taking £819,686 worth of kickbacks through a consultancy company, it is claimed. His partner Lee Wylie, 48, was treated to a bespoke grandfather clock in the Hackney Council the sub contracting scam, it was said. Wylie,…