The former boss of a Liverpool health and safety company has admitted his role in a drug conspiracy.
Martin Grant, 33, is a former managing director of Liverpool-based health and safety company Safety Support Consultants Limited (SSC). There is no suggestion that his crimes were in any way linked to his role at SSC.
Grant, originally from the Old Swan area, joined the company in September 2019 and resigned in January 2020. The ECHO can now reveal that Grant is facing a long prison sentence after he was linked by police to a drug conspiracy through the EncroChat phone network.
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Grant has now pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin, conspiracy to supply amphetamine and conspiracy to supply cannabis. Grant had admitted being involved in drug conspiracies between September 6 2019 and April 27 2021.
Grant's co-accused Liam Grant, of Holland Street in Fairfield, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply amphetamine, and conspiracy to supply cannabis.
Last year government inspector Max Caller criticised SSC's role in the demolition of Churchill flyover in Liverpool city centre. Mr Caller found that SSC's involvement in the demolition 'exposed the site teams to considerable safety risks'.
The ECHO has not seen any evidence that Grant was directly involved in the Churchill flyover project. SSC entered into administration shortly after Mr Caller criticised the company.
David Anderson, chairman of SSC, was one of five men arrested as part of Merseyside Police's Operation Aloft corruption probe in December 2020.
His father, Joe Anderson, was also arrested as part of the same operation and has stepped away from his then position as Mayor of Liverpool. Both men have strongly denied any wrongdoing.
David Anderson has formally complained about the government Caller report and described it as 'politically motivated' and containing 'inaccurate smears.'
He said the damage the report has caused to him, both professionally and personally, is 'irreversible.'
Martin and Liam Grant will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next month.
