A drugs charity worker, the head of an education charity and a former councillor will fight to represent Surbiton Hill in next month’s by-election.
The kingpin of a multimillion pound skunk cannabis ring which worked out of lockups and homes in Surbiton, Epsom, Sutton and Kingston, has claimed he was merely second in command.
There is to be a by-election in the Surbiton Hill ward after councillor Umesh Parekh resigned from Kingston Council this week.
Two youngsters got the chance to get up close and personal with some of the world's best footballers when they escorted them out onto the pitch at last weekend's FA Community Shield.