Ex-councillor guilty of running sham Covid-19 lab
Summary
A former councillor, Faisal Shoukat, was found guilty of running a fake Covid-19 testing lab that failed to meet safety standards and returned unreliable results during the pandemic. Four others on trial, including former justice minister Shahid Malik, were cleared of charges.Key Facts
- Faisal Shoukat, a former Labour councillor, was convicted of public nuisance, fraudulent trading, and money laundering.
- The lab, RT Diagnostics, operated from March to July 2021 and was supposed to provide government-approved Covid-19 tests.
- Test kits came from Turkey but did not meet UK standards and gave suspiciously low positive results.
- The lab was described as poorly maintained, with reports of rubbish and signs of people living there.
- Only 45 out of 138,738 reported tests were positive, an unusually low number.
- Inspectors found the site’s safety and testing procedures seriously flawed; some samples were never tested.
- Customers received incorrect test results, causing confusion and concern.
- Four co-defendants, including Shahid Malik, were found not guilty as they were not involved in the day-to-day running of the lab.
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