Tory rape arrest

A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and a string of other sexual offences spanning seven years. The politician was being questioned by Metropolitan Police officers yesterday after being accused of rape, indecent assault, sexual assault, abuse of a position of trust and misconduct in a public office. A Scotland Yard spokesman said the arrest was the result of a twoyear investigation by the Met’s central specialist crime unit, following a report it received in January 2020. The alleged offences were committed between 2002 and 2009 in London. The MP who was arrested yesterday has not yet been named by the police or the Conservative Party.