Former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson charged with bribery

Former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson and metropolis politician Derek Hatton have been charged with bribery and misconduct referring to council contracts, together with 10 others, police have stated.

The fees come after a Merseyside Police probe, Operation Aloft, centered on plenty of property builders.

Mr Anderson and Mr Hatton have been first arrested in 2020 as a part of an investigation into the awarding of constructing contracts.

Following his arrest, Mr Anderson stated he would “proceed to struggle to reveal that I’m harmless of any wrongdoing”.

Merseyside Police stated 12 people had been charged following an investigation related to the awarding of economic and enterprise contracts from Liverpool Metropolis Council between 2010 and 2020.

These charged are:

• Former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson, 67, of Knotty Ash, charged with with one rely of bribery, one rely of misconduct in a public workplace and one rely of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public workplace
• Derek Hatton, 77, of Aigburth, charged with one rely of bribery and one rely of counsel or procure misconduct in a public workplace
• Former Liverpool Metropolis Council director Nicholas Kavanagh, 56, of Mossley Hill, charged with two counts of bribery
• Former Assistant Director at Liverpool Metropolis Council, Andrew Barr, 51, of Ainsdale, charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public workplace and one rely of bribery
• David Anderson, 37, of Wavertree, charged with one rely of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public workplace
• Phillipa Cook dinner, 49, of Mossley Hill, charged with two counts of bribery
• Alex Croft, 29, of Aughton, Lancashire, charged with one rely of bribery
• Julian Flanagan, 53, of Crosby charged with one rely of conspiracy to commit bribery
• Paul Flanagan, 61, of Knowsley Village, charged with one rely of conspiracy to commit bribery
• Sonjia Hatton, 49, of Aigburth, charged with one rely of misconduct in a public workplace
• Adam McLean, 54, of Woolton, charged with one rely of conspiracy to commit bribery
• James Shalliker, 38, of Downholland, Lancashire, charged with one rely of conspiracy to commit bribery

They’ll all seem at Preston Magistrates’ Courtroom on 28 March.

Robin Weyell, deputy chief crown prosecutor stated: “The CPS has reviewed a full file of proof from Merseyside Police and has authorised the investigation crew to cost 12 folks with 12 offences associated to bribery and misconduct in public workplace.”

He stated felony proceedings have been now energetic and it was “extraordinarily necessary that there must be no reporting, commentary or sharing of knowledge on-line which may in any manner prejudice these proceedings”.