A BENT cop dubbed The Sheriff of Soho for accepting bribes of name ladies and holidays is whipped by a dominatrix in a video exterior a membership.
Frank Partridge, 49, turned a blind eye to crime together with violent brawls and sexual assault in return for extravagant bungs.
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The sergeant, who was in command of policing 3,000 golf equipment, bars and eating places, attended Premier League video games, gigs and a £3,000-a head ticket for a charity celebration at Elton John’s Berkshire dwelling.
He additionally accepted escort companies, a £8,000 household vacation to Morrocco, meals at luxurious eating places and bespoke fits whereas in command of licencing in London’s West Finish.
When he was ultimately arrested, officers discovered a video of Partridge being whipped by a dominatrix dressed as Cat Lady.
The clip of the laughing cop was on a cellphone belonging to Ryan Bishti, 43, the proprietor of Cirque Le Soir nightclub in Soho.
Partridge admitted three counts of bribery referring to a made-to-measure swimsuit, bespoke shirts, leisure on the Cirque le Soir and tickets to occasions – together with Wi-fi Competition and a Metallica gig.
He was discovered responsible of 4 bribery expenses however was cleared of 1 depend referring to a Man Utd shirt signed by Wayne Rooney.
Bishti and two different defendants had been convicted of 1 cost of bribery.
Phillip Evans, KC, prosecuting, earlier mentioned: “[Partridge] had obligations for consulting with police on the Metropolis of Westminster Licencing Unit – the native authority accountable for granting licences to business premises who needed to promote alcohol, located most significantly within the West Finish of London.
“Briefly, he was accountable for policing the licenced premises on the West Finish and the opposite defendants on this trial both labored in that licensed commerce or had an oblique curiosity in it.
“The related police division, the place Frank Partridge labored, would due to this fact have a major affect on, whether or not premises had been granted licenses, on what situations these licenses had hooked up to them and if granted, a major affect on whether or not the premises saved the license.
“He developed and nurtured relationships with these he was charged with policing, and he used these relationships for his personal profit and in flip for his or her profit.”
On one event, the cop was tasked with overviewing the licence for Dstrkt nightclub after a “stunning record” of sexual assaults allegedly befell.
Proprietor Anna Ginandes booked a household vacation for Partridge and his household on the Mazagan Seashore and Golf Resort in Morocco to keep away from him shutting the venue down.
She additionally handled him and his spouse to a £382.38 meal on the Sumosan Japanese restaurant in Mayfair, the place the supervisor was instructed to deal with Partridge as a “VIP visitor”.
When fights saved erupting at Sketch nightclub, Partridge really useful a safety agency, who repaid him in bespoke fits and a ticket to an Elton John charity bash.
The corrupt cop additionally spent the evening on the Battersea dwelling of Bishti together with two escorts.
He joined the police in 1992 as a part of the Metropolitan Police Golf equipment and Vice Unit overseeing these offering safety for licensed premises and the licensing commerce organisations.
Partridge, who left the drive in 2016, shall be sentenced at a later date.
Bishti was convicted of 1 cost of bribery and the jury weren’t requested to return a verdict on the choice depend.
Ginandes, 45, and Terry Neil, 55, the boss of safety agency TSS, had been additionally discovered responsible of 1 depend of bribery and cleared of one other.
Neil’s ex-wife Soraya Henderson, 57, and Eamonn Mulholland, 55, had been cleared of each expenses.
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