RSPCA boss said if he didn’t stay 486 nights in a Premier Inn he’d be sleeping at the bus stop

An RSPCA trustee who stayed 486 nights at Premier Inns at the charity’s expense said the alternative would have been sleeping ‘under a bus stop’ because he was homeless. David Mawson, 50, spent over £90,000 booking rooms across the greater London area and racked up a £10,000 taxi bill too, Inner London crown court has heard. Mawson was chair of the South East London Branch of the charity which has shops in West Norwood, Grove Park and Sydenham. He had…