Corruption probe police arrest mayor.Summary: Police investigating alleged corruption at a city council have arrested an elected mayor. Police investigating alleged corruption at a city council have arrested an elected mayor. Stoke-on-Trent mayor Mark Meredith Mark Joseph Meredith (born 21 August 1965, Pyenest Street, Shelton in Stoke-on-Trent) is the directly-elected mayor of Stoke-on-Trent in England. He was elected on 5 May 2005, for the Labour Party, and defeated incumbent independent Mike Wolfe. was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and complicity com·plic·i·ty n. pl. com·plic·i·ties Involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime. complicity Noun pl -ties in corruption in public office. He is being questioned by Staffordshire Police Staffordshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of England. It is made up of four territorial Divisions; Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffs., Chase and Trent Valley. . A spokesman for Stoke-on-Trent City Council said he could not comment and directed inquiries to the police. Mr Meredith was elected as mayor in May 2005 and is due to leave office in two months after the people of Stoke stoke n. A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per milliliter. stoke voted to end the system. In a referendum on the system of governance in the city in October, the majority chose to replace the elected mayor with a leader and cabinet. It was the first time in Britain that voters decided to scrap the post of elected mayor. There are now 12 left in England, including London's. The arrest of Mr Meredith, 43, comes a week after police arrested fellow councillor Roger Ibbs, 61, of Kingsway, Stoke, on suspicion of corruption in public office. Mr Ibbs vowed to fight to clear his name as he resigned as leader of the Conservative and Independent Alliance group and portfolio holder for children and young people's services. At the time of Mr Ibbs's resignation, Mr Meredith said: "Councillor Ibbs is facing a serious allegation and needs time and space to deal with it. It is right and proper, therefore, that he has stood down from his responsibilities on the executive and members' board. "The council cannot afford any distractions. Its focus must be on helping the people of this city through the economic downturn. That is why I will immediately take over Councillor Ibbs's children and young people's portfolio. "There can be no interregnum INTERREGNUM, polit. law. In an established government, the period which elapses between the death of a sovereign and the election of another is called interregnum. It is also understood for the vacancy created in the executive power, and for any vacancy which occurs when there is no government. . There are important decisions to be made, especially in the field of education. This week we have our meeting of the executive and members board. I am determined that it will be business as usual." Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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