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TMO chair and ex-council officer found not guilty of fraud
A tenant management organisation (TMO) chair and an ex-council officer accused of defrauding a London council have been acquitted.
Jurors found Peter Shorinwa, chair of the Loughborough Estate Management Board (LEMB) in Lambeth, and Folasade Adedotun not guilty of fraud by abuse of position at the Inner London Crown Court on Friday.
Ms Adedotun was also found not guilty of a second charge of fraud by failure to disclose.
Lambeth Council had accused the pair of making a fraudulent payment of £56,308.32 to Ms Adedotun in November 2016.
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At the time, Ms Adedotun was working as a neighbourhood services director for Lambeth Council and was seconded to LEMB.
LEMB was established in 1995 and manages around 1,200 tenanted and leasehold homes on the Loughborough Estate, near Brixton.
The TMO had just been handed back financial control of the estate in November 2016 after a two-year period where the council was in charge.
Lawyers defending Mr Shorinwa and Ms Adedotun argued that they believed the £56,000 payment – which was later repaid – had been legitimate and described a “David and Goliath battle” between LEMB and Lambeth Council.
