Roadsweeper resigned – but council kept paying him

A roadsweeper wrongly pocketed £31,000 in wages when he was paid by a local council after he had left the job, a court heard. Szczepan Lakomiec, 37, was employed by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham as a ‘street services officer’ from 2011 until 2015 when he resigned. Lakomiec kept on receiving payment from the council after he handed in his notice but allegedly kept it quiet for seventeen months, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. The Polish national entered the…