{"id":29071,"date":"2025-03-07T04:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29071"},"modified":"2025-03-07T04:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:49:40","slug":"former-liverpool-mayor-charged-with-bribery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/03\/07\/former-liverpool-mayor-charged-with-bribery\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Liverpool mayor charged with bribery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson and city politician Derek Hatton have been charged with bribery and misconduct relating to council contracts, along with 10 others, police have said.<\/b><\/p>\n

The charges come after a Merseyside Police probe, Operation Aloft, focused on a number of property developers.<\/p>\n

Mr Anderson and Mr Hatton were first arrested in 2020 as part of an investigation into the awarding of building contracts.<\/p>\n

Following his arrest, Mr Anderson said he would “continue to fight to demonstrate that I am innocent of any wrongdoing”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Derek Hatton, a former deputy leader of the council, pictured here in 2018, has also been charged (Image: Peter Byrne\/PA Media)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Merseyside Police said 12 individuals had been charged following an investigation connected to the awarding of commercial and business contracts from Liverpool City Council between 2010 and 2020.<\/p>\n

Those charged are:<\/p>\n

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