‘Five jobs’ civil servant denies using make-up to fake illness

A civil servant who held down five full time jobs at the same time denied wearing white make-up to appear ill during an online meeting, insisting: ‘I’ve never worn it in my life.’ Kashim Chowdhury, 55, told Southwark Crown Court he had not deliberately made a performance of coughing or blowing his nose either and had been genuinely ill. Chowdhury is accused of lying repeatedly to secure working from home jobs at government departments, earning a total of £349,378 from…