5.45pm update: Greenwich Labour councillor Tonia Ashikodi was spared prison this morning after a judge gave her an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years, for housing fraud. Judge Benedict Kelleher told the Glyndon ward councillor she had denied a family a council home as he sentenced her at Inner London Crown Court. She will also […]
Tonia Ashikodi trial
The trial of Tonia Ashikodi took place in 2020 at Inner London Crown Court. The Greenwich Labour councillor was given a suspended sentence for fraud.
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Greenwich Labour councillor Tonia Ashikodi found guilty of housing fraud
A Greenwich Labour councillor who applied for and accepted council housing while owning three other properties has been found guilty of two charges of housing fraud by a jury at Inner London Crown Court. Tonia Ashikodi, who represents Glyndon ward, did not declare that she owned two houses in Thamesmead and a flat in Charlton […]
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‘Political colluding’ could have led to Greenwich councillor’s fraud trial, jury told
“Political colluding” could have resulted in a Greenwich Labour councillor being charged with housing fraud, a jury heard today. Summing up in the trial of Tonia Ashikodi, the Glyndon ward councillor who is facing two charges of fraud, her defence counsel Notu Hoon referred to an allegation that council housing data had been breached. He […]
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Greenwich councillor and father not guilty of perverting course of justice
A Greenwich councillor and her father have been found not guilty of perverting the course of justice, a week into a housing fraud trial. Judge Benedict Kelleher directed the jury at Inner London Crown Court to acquit Tonia Ashikodi, 30, and her father Tony, 50. He told the jury there was insufficient evidence to continue […]
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