Former mayoral candidate ‘cheated the vulnerable and elderly’

A former mayoral candidate cheated ‘the vulnerable and elderly’ out of tens of thousands of pounds, a court heard. Kamran Malik, 59, allegedly ‘held himself out’ as a solicitor as he cheated an alleged victim out of more than £51,000 after meeting her through his political work. The money had been a life insurance payment the victim was meant to be receiving after a friend had died but Malik pocketed the money and denied any cheating and ‘fobbed her off’,…