Liverpool shuns arrested ex-mayor’s demand to cover legal costs
Liverpool City Council has refused to meet the legal costs of former elected mayor Joe Anderson who was arrested on suspicion of bribery and witness intimidation.
Mr Anderson said earlier this week that he had asked the council to meet his legal costs defending the allegations arising from his December arrest in Merseyside Police’s Operation Aloft.
A statement issued for Mr Anderson said: “The legal costs indemnity is set out as part of the council’s constitution and has been provided to other members and officers in similar circumstances.
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Seven days that rocked Liverpool to its core
The full story behind a week this city will never forget after Mayor s arrest
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It was a day that will be remembered in Liverpool for a long time to come.
An otherwise fairly quiet Friday spiralled into almighty chaos as news broke that the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson had been arrested by Merseyside Police as part of a corruption probe looking at building contracts in the city. Here
political editor Liam Thorp looks at what came next in a week that shook the city to its core.
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Updated (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo) The arrest of Joe Anderson came as part of a long-running probe into building and development contracts in Liverpool.
The city mayor was questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation in the third wave of arrests linked to Merseyside Police s Operation Aloft. The investigation is the latest to have been launched in response to allegations linked to either Liverpool Council s business activity or the city s development scene.