EXCLUSIVE: Campaigning in the Wallington North council by-election in Sutton is well underway, with the Liberal Democrats championing a candidate who has a recent record of business failures that have left his employees and the taxman hugely out of pocket.
Our investigations editor, CARL SHILTON, reports

LibDem candidate Barry Lewis: would you buy a used aircraft from this man?
The Liberal Democrat candidate in the Wallington North council by-election, Barry Lewis, in his campaign leaflets being distributed widely around the ward before the weekend, was demanding government money for extra policing in Sutton.
This from a director of two companies that are in liquidation with a trail of debts – including to the taxman – of nearly £9million.
According to Companies House records, on October 25 last year, the board of Cello Aviation Ltd, of which Lewis is a director, agreed to put the company into voluntary liquidation. The administrator’s statement of affairs shows only £35,000 estimated to be available to preferential creditors, while the total liabilities – what the company owes – are stated at £8.58million. About £4.06million of this amount is shareholder debt.
The company owed £220,000 to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in respect of PAYE, £226,200 for employee redundancy payments, and £153,400 in wage arrears and holiday pay.
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