Sadiq Khan was accused of getting rich by suing the police today as the fight to become London mayoral vote on Thursday heated up.
Tory candidate Shaun Bailey launched an attack on the Labour incumbent s record on crime in the capital in a new election broadcast.
It accuses Mr Khan of earning £1.3million in eight years from 328 legal cases brought against the Metropolitan Police between 1996 and 2004.
The Shaun Bailey campaign cites a freedom of information request that showed Mr Khan s former firm, Christian Khan, earned this money while he was a partner before being elected Tooting MP in 2005.
In the new video, Mr Bailey speaks to a victim of crime in London and question s Mr Khan s credentials to oversee the Metropolitan Police on the basis of his previous legal work.
Mr Khan spent a decade working as a human rights lawyer before moving into politics
He joined Christian Fisher in 1994, working his way up to become partner in 1997
During his time as a solicitor, Mr Khan headed up the company s Head of Actions Against the Police department
A Freedom of Information request has found that during that period the firm took legal action against the police on average 33 times a year
His firm received huge amounts of taxpayers cash to represent clients, some of whom were awarded hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation
Amongst his clients was ex-Scotland Yard commander Ali Dizaei who was awarded £80,000 before being jailed for misconduct in a public office