Airbnb guest ‘was conman’

An Airbnb guest set up a fake account to steal thousands of pounds from a home owner, a court heard. Elmi Hassan, 24, arranged to rent a room from Paul Kaliszewski at his £1.6m town house in Uxbridge Road, Kensington, southwest London, last September. Sian Morgan, prosecuting said: ‘Mr Kaliszewski was contacted by a male and he agreed to let him the room from 10 to 22 September. ‘The two men had never met face to face and he agreed…