The following article has appeared in the Nottingham Post today.
A NOTTS businessman has denied taking corrupt payments of nearly £50,000 to secure council and Government work for a company.
Frank Milford, 50, is alleged to have taken 16 bribes from Witold Kuzminski, 55, between 2005 and 2007.Milford is charged with accepting payments totalling £47,909.76 while working as an “active conduit” between Transaction Analysts Ltd and both the Department of Constitutional Affairs and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Milford, of Main Street, Norwell, denies two counts of corruption, as does Kuzminski, of Chalford Grange, Fareham, Hampshire.
Both men appeared at Southwark Crown Court yesterday.
A trial is set for April 15, 2013. Both men were remanded on unconditional bail.