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04/12/2014
Conservative MP Arrested Over Rape Allegation
A Conservative MP has been arrested over a rape allegation.
Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin in Shropshire, was questioned by police on Wednesday and has been released on bail.
A Met spokesman said: "We can confirm that a 48-year-old man voluntarily attended a north London police station on Tuesday, 2 December 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 enquiries."
(CD/JP)
Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin in Shropshire, was questioned by police on Wednesday and has been released on bail.
A Met spokesman said: "We can confirm that a 48-year-old man voluntarily attended a north London police station on Tuesday, 2 December 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 enquiries."
(CD/JP)
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