RSPCA trustee accused of fraud 'paid £100,000 for hotels and taxis from charity funds'

A former RSPCA trustee is accused of bankrolling more than £100,000 in hotel stays and taxi rides in a fraud on the animal charity’s money, a court has heard.

David Mawson, 50, is accused of abusing his access to the animal charity over the course of six years, between 2012 and 2017, when he was secretary of the RSCPA’s Southeast London Branch.