A Liverpool businessman has declined to reveal how much he paid Liverpool City Council for two sites that are now subject to a police investigation.
Elliot Lawless, chairman of the Elliot Group, was arrested in December 2019 along with then Liverpool Council regeneration chief Nick Kavanagh. More than £300,000 in cash was seized during raids on property linked to Mr Lawless, who was questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, bribery and corruption.
That seizure was later ruled unlawful. Both men, who have denied any wrongdoing, were arrested as part of an investigation into building and development contracts in the city.
