A bogus landlord left families homeless after callously stealing deposits on homes he falsely advertised for rent, a court heard.
Hussan Malik, who was jailed for two years, fobbed off would-be tenants with a series of excuses to delay them discovering the scam - including falsely claiming his daughter had died from meningitis, his wife had miscarried or been diagnosed with "tumours," his father had passed-away or refurbishment was still underway.
Malik (41), a former teacher,...
