A SOLICITOR has been appointed to manage a North-East charity hit by a £300,000 fraud scandal.

Police are investigating Newcastle's Dream Foundation, which helps children with life-threatening conditions fulfil their wishes.

The charity's founders, Northumbria PC David Foley, Joe Mulchay and his fiancee, Maureen Lewis, were arrested in December and are on police bail.

The Charity Commission has appointed Deborah Oram, of Birmingham solicitors firm Anthony Collins, as receiver and manager.