Conservative MP Mark Pritchard has been arrested following an allegation of rape, and has been released on bail. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: We can confirm that a 48-year-old man voluntarily attended a north London police station on Tuesday, December 2 where he was arrested, following an allegation of rape in central London. He has been bailed to a date in early January 2015 pending further inquiries. John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, was informed about Mr Pritchards arrest before the the Autumn Statement. A letter from Met officer Sandra Looby to Mr Bercow said: I write to inform you that on December 2 Mark Pritchard MP was arrested at 6.14pm at Holborn Police Station in London by Metropolitan Police Service officers. Mr Pritchard was questioned by police and released on police bail later the same evening at 10.16pm. A statement of parliamentary proceedings entitled arrest of a member says: Copy of a letter addressed to the Speaker, dated 3 December 2014, from the Metropolitan Police, relating to the arrest of Mark Pritchard, Member for The Wrekin (The Speaker). A Conservative Party spokesman said: This is a police matter. It would be inappropriate to comment while an investigation is taking place. Conservative MP Mark Garnier told the BBC: I know Mark reasonably well, I like him. I last saw him on Tuesday when I gather he was arrested. These are incredibly, incredibly, serious allegations. Read more at; telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11272906/Conservative-MP-Mark-Pritchard-arrested-on-suspicion-of-rape.html
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:12:41 +0000
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