Pincher quits and reports himself to cops over ‘pass’

CHRIS Pincher has quit his role as a Government whip and referred himself to police after it was claimed he made an unwanted pass at a party activist while wearing a bathrobe.

Ex-Olympic rower and Tory activist Alex Story, 42, claimed Pincher, 48, pounced after persuading him to go back to his London home after drinking in a Westminster pub in 2001.

Story, who was 26 at the time, claimed Pincher poured him a whisky and became “unusually tactile”, massaging his neck and trying to untuck his shirt, while saying: “You will go far in the Conservative Party.” Pincher, who was not an MP at the time, allegedly then left the room and returned in a bathrobe “like a pound shop Harvey Weinstein”.

Story said he does not consider himself “any kind of victim” over the alleged incident but was “concerned it could happen to someone else less able to defend themselves”.

Meanwhile, former whip Charlie Elphicke and ex-minister Stephen Crabb will be probed over sleaze claims.

Elphicke was referred to police over “serious allegations” on Friday but denied any wrongdoing.

Crabb will face a Tory investigation over allegations which include sending text messages to a 19-year-old woman. Former leadership candidate Crabb, who admits sending the messages, will face a party disciplinary panel established under Theresa May’s new code of conduct for party members and MPs.