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Liverpool Echo - UK
12 November 2008
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UK: Eight charged over police
TWO senior Merseyside police employees are at the centre of an alleged ‘gifts for contracts’ corruption scandal.
The ECHO can reveal that Kevin Mighall, 51, and Steven Paul Kell, 51, have been charged along with six businessmen from prominent firms around the region.
It is alleged hospitality trips to sporting events were offered to the police civilians in return for the awarding of lucrative tender contracts on police buildings.
Merseyside police employees Mighall, of Dorchester Park, Noctorum, and Kell, of Queens Avenue, Meols – said to work in the force’s estates department – are currently suspended and have been on temporary leave since last autumn.
The businessmen charged with conspiracy to corrupt are:
Paul Moy, 45, of Dark Lane, Ormskirk, and Paul Gaskell, 34, of Blackmoss Lane, Ormskirk, both of whom worked for the same mechanical and electrical consultant engineers, in Liverpool city centre
David Lloyd, 58, of Cinder Lane, Liverpool, and Clifford Eliot, 61, of Manor Drive, Birkenhead, who are chairman and director respectively of IFS Contractors Ltd in Bootle
Alan Cooper, 52, and Alan Coslett, 70, of Hillschool Road, St Helens, director and employee respectively for builders Whittakers Ltd in Huyton
The eight people appeared before magistrates on Friday where the case was adjourned to Liverpool Crown Court on November 19. A large amount of documents are understood to have been studied over the past 12 months as part of the police probe.
Some of the firms are involved in refurbishing police stations and the case will study contracts exchanged between the police and them in recent years.
Today, David Lloyd, chairman of IFS Contractors Ltd in Bootle, strenuously denied the allegations.
Describing himself as a businessman of 25 years standing, he said his priority was to clear his name and protect the jobs of his 75 employees.
A statement read: “I totally refute the allegations which have been made and believe we have done nothing wrong in this matter.
“I am determined to fight to clear my name and reputation. For the last 12 months, since police officers descended on my house in a dawn raid, I have been living a nightmare.
“As a man who has never knowingly broken a single law in his life, I have found it extremely distressing to be accused of such a serious offence.
“Despite the false nature of the allegations which have been made, however, I have cooperated fully with the police because I have nothing to hide and believe due legal process will fully vindicate me.
“All the work done for Merseyside police was subject to the usual procurement regulations and checks and balances.
“We tendered for work on an annual basis and performed very highly on the key performance indicators relating to value for money and quality which the police themselves set.”
A spokeswoman for Merseyside police said: “Our two employees have been suspended from duty pending the outcome of any trial and subsequent misconduct hearings.
Solicitor John Weate, representing Mighall and Kell, told the ECHO: “My clients deny the allegations.”
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