A RESIDENT from Slough has been charged among eight others including a former Metropolitan Police officer as part of a bribery investigation.

The charges follow an investigation into inappropriate relationships between police officers and people running local businesses.

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

He was charged with the offence alongside seven others on Wednesday, November 11.

The Met said it follows a long-running investigation by the Anti-Corruption Command looking into allegations of corruption by police licensing officers in Westminster, and inappropriate relationships between police officers and people running local businesses.

The charges come after a file was first passed to the Crown Prosecution Service in December 2017.

The others charged 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.