Charlie Elphicke was suspended from the Conservative Party over unidentified ‘serious allegations’ in November RICK FINDLERScotland Yard was last night facing questions over its handling of a rape allegation made against a senior Conservative MP by a female former member of his staff. The Sunday Times can reveal that Charlie Elphicke, 47, a former government whip and married father of two, is alleged to have forced a former aide to have sex when they were alone together. The alleged victim first contacted the Metropolitan police in November last year — at the height of the Westminster sex scandal — and was accompanied to her police interview by Stuart Andrew, a Tory whip. She has since provided a signed witness statement to specialist detectives working for the sexual offences command. It is understood that officers interviewed the MP for Dover and…

Source: The Times April 21, 2018 23:03 UTC