Ex-Met Police officer, 48, charged with bribery offences after investigation into corruption

Ex-Metropolitan Police officer, 48, is charged with bribery offences after investigation into corruption and ‘inappropriate relationships’ between officers and local businesses around Westminster

  • Former sergeant Frank Partridge, 48, has been charged with bribery offences
  • He is charged along with a further seven people from London and Berkshire
  • It follows a long-running investigation by the Met’s Anti-Corruption Command
  • All eight are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on December 21


An ex-Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with bribery offences after an investigation into corruption and ‘inappropriate relationships’ between officers and local businesses around Westminster. 

Former sergeant Frank Partridge, 48, from Wing in Buckinghamshire, is accused of conspiracy to commit bribery.

He is charged along with seven others following a long-running investigation led by the Met’s Anti-Corruption Command.

The probe has been looking into allegations of corruption by police licensing officers in Westminster, as well as inappropriate relationships between police officers and people running local businesses.

Ex-sergeant Frank Partridge (pictured), 48, from Wing in Buckinghamshire, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on December 21

A file was first passed to the Crown Prosecution Service in December 2017, but charges were finally authorised on Wednesday.  

They others charges as part of the investigation are Ryan Bishti, 41, of Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London; Pamela Bishti, 66, of Outram Road, Croydon; Hassan Serdoud, 54, of Fellows Road, Camden; Anna Ginandes, 44, of Fellows Road, Camden; Terry Neil, 55, of Kimbers Drive, Slough; Soraya Henderson, 55, of Glenmore Close, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe; and Eamonn Mulholland, 54, of Florence Street, Islington.

Serdoud has also been charged with bribery, the Met said.  

All eight are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on December 21.

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