Nighclub boss to stand trial for paying off cops

The founder of one of London’s most exclusive nightclubs and a former police sergeant will stand trial for their alleged involvement in a bribery plot in April 2023. Entrepreneur Ryan Bishti, 41, launched Soho’s Cirque le Soir and has opened other clubs in the capital and across the world. Bishti and Frank Partridge, 48, a former sergeant in the Westminster police licensing unit, were charged with conspiracy to commit bribery after a long-running probe by the Met’s Directorate of Professional…