‘Five jobs’ civil servant claims he had an arrangement with bosses – but the records of it have been lost

A civil servant accused of juggling five full time jobs admitted he was contracted to work more hours than there are in a week – but insisted he could still fulfil his duties. Kashim Chowdhury, 55, accepted that he was contracted to work 183 hours a week at the height of his employment, despite there being only 168 hours in seven days. He told Southwark Crown Court that he had special arrangements with his managers which allowed him to complete…