A CONSERVATIVE MP has been arrested by police investigating an alleged rape in central London.
According to the BBC, yesterday’s parliamentary record includes a reference to a letter from the Met police to speaker of the house John Bercow ”relating to the arrest of Mark Pritchard, Member for The Wrekin”.
“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,” the letter said.
“Mr Pritchard was questioned by police and released on police bail later the same evening at 10.16pm.”
According to The Guardian, he was arrested after voluntarily attending a police station, and has been bailed until the start of next month.
Pritchard — a member of parliament for the The Wrekin area in Shropshire — worked as head of a marketing company, before entering politics.
The 48-year-old was first elected as an MP in 2005.
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