Friend who stole from stroke sufferer walks free

A former London cab driver who stole £700 from his frail elderly friend after he suffered a stroke was spared jail. Howard Lennon, 68, took £700 from his close friend Ronald McDonald’s (corr) bank account between April and December 2020 and when he was given the card to make purchases for his friend. Mr McDonald had been admitted to Kings College Hospital in southeast London following a stroke in April 2020 before he passed away in January 2021. Lennon was…