RSPCA boss billed for 486 nights in Premier Inns

An RSPCA boss spent £90,000 living in hotels at the charity’s expense, a court heard. Trustee David Mawson, 50, claimed he had problems with a neighbour and spent 486 nights in Premier Inns and racked up a £10,000 taxi bill. Mawson stays included hotels in Twickenham, Brentford, Victoria and Croydon. Andrew Hallworth, prosecuting, told Inner London Crown Court: ‘It is the Crown’s case that Mr Mawson committed fraud against the RSPCA over a five year period and that fraud was…