Rice was told by a woman, referred to as 'Ms D', that the solicitor used in some of the property deals, Mr C, 'was running with the Ungis now', a reference to a 'prominent organised crime group', but allegedly lied to investigators about who she was referring to. Rice allegedly used the force intelligence database to snoop on Desmond Bayliss and a man called Jordan O'Rourke, the then boyfriend of Mr Bayliss's daughter, without any 'proper policing purpose'. Rice was allegedly in regular contact with Mr A almost three years after learning he was a suspect in Operation Benadir, and even asked him for a £10,000 loan to cover legal costs during that time. Rice, mostly relating to his years-long business relationship with Mr A and two other men: a financial advisor referred to as 'Mr B' and a solicitor referred to as 'Mr C' who also worked on the property deals. Rice obtaining commercial mortgages to cover the rest of the purchase price.īarrister James Berry, representing Merseyside Police, outlined allegations against Chief Insp. It is alleged those transactions involved Mr A handing him 'significant' interest-free loans to cover the deposits, and Chief Insp.

The independent panel, presided over by Legally Qualified Chair (LQC) Callum Cowx, heard that the police officer bought rental properties worth a total of more than £2million from Mr A between 20 after a sit-down between the pair in a Costa Coffee café on Old Hall Street in the city centre.

Rice's connections with Mr A, who is being looked into by the Economic Crime Team in a probe called Operation Benadir - an investigation into allegations of large-scale property fraud, the Liverpool Echo reports.

The main allegations centre on Chief Insp. The suspect in the case, known as Mr A, is described by Merseyside Police intelligence as a 'long-standing associate' of actor-turned-drug dealer Desmond Bayliss (pictured here in his mugshot in 2011)Ī police misconduct panel convened at Merseyside Police HQ on Tuesday to determine if he breached professional standards of behaviour on multiple occasions - he faces being sacked and banned from the profession if found guilty of gross misconduct.

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