Alexander Shayler spared jail in Leila Roy fraud case
GoFundMe fraudster who spent donations made to the grieving son of a former councillor on booze has been spared jail.
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GoFundMe fraudster who spent donations made to the grieving son of a former councillor on booze has been spared jail.
By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey The site at 133 Brent Street (Image: Google Maps) Plans for an eight-storey block of flats and offices in an area of low-rise homes have been refused by councillors. Developer Readyset Resources’ proposals for the site of a former police station at 133 Brent Street, Hendon, were turned down at a planning committee meeting on Tuesday. Barnet Council received 52 letters of objection to the plan...
Leila Roy - Credit: Polly Hancock Tributes have been paid to activist and former councillor Leila Roy, who died on Friday. A hugely popular figure in the community, Ms Roy served as a Conservative councillor in Camden's Belsize ward from 2014-18. She was an outspoken critic of the council's Labour leadership over its handling of the Chalcots Estate evacuation, and narrowly missed out on re-election in 2018. Cllr Oliver Cooper, current leader of the Conservative group, tweeted on Saturday (February 27): "Leila threw herself into everything she did. Helping Belsize and Chalcots residents. Suppo...