Former Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson and Derek Hatton charged with bribery and misconduct

Former Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has been charged with offences of bribery and misconduct. Merseyside Police have today charged 12 people as part of its long-running Operation Aloft investigation, connected to the awarding of commercial and business contracts from Liverpool City Council between 2010 and 2020.

Police said that Joseph Anderson, 67, of The Beechwalk, Knotty Ash, has been charged with one count of bribery, one count of misconduct in a public office and one count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. Joe Anderson led Liverpool City Council from 2010 and became the city’s first directly elected mayor in 2012, serving in that position until his arrest in 2020.

The former deputy leader of Liverpool City Council Derek Hatton, 77, of Livingston Drive, Aigburth, has been charged with one count of bribery and one count of counsel or procure misconduct in a public office.

Robin Weyell, deputy chief crown prosecutor said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has reviewed a full file of evidence from Merseyside Police and has authorised the investigation team to charge 12 people with 12 offences related to bribery and misconduct in public office.”

All those charged will appear at Preston Magistrates Court on Friday March 28.

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