Bent bishop loses Covid snake oil appeal

A preacher who was a ‘modern day snake oil salesman’ has lost his appeal against his conviction for selling Covid cure kits. Bishop Climate Wiseman, 47, offered a package, containing a small bottle of cedarwood and olive oil along with a prayer card and piece of scarlet yarn. The head of the Kingdom Church in Camberwell, south London, said he had been visited by God and had performed miracles. Wiseman insisted the kits could ward off and cure infection. He…