The Upcoming
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Cinema
      • Movie reviews
      • Film festivals
    • Food & Drinks
      • News & Features
      • Restaurant & bar reviews
      • Interviews & Recipes
    • Literature
    • Music
      • Live music
    • Theatre
    • Shows & On demand
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • News & Features
    • Shopping & Trends
    • Tips & How-tos
    • Fashion weeks
  • What’s On
    • Art exhibitions
    • Theatre shows
  • Tickets
  • Join us
    • Editorial unit
    • Our writers
    • Join the team
    • Join the mailing list
    • Fund us
    • Contact us
  • Interviews
  • Competitions
  • Special events
    • Film festivals
      • Berlin
      • Tribeca
      • Sundance London
      • Cannes
      • Locarno
      • Venice
      • London
      • Toronto
    • Fashion weeks
      • London Fashion Week
      • New York Fashion Week
      • Milan Fashion Week
      • Paris Fashion Week
      • Haute Couture
      • London Fashion Week Men’s
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • YouTube

  • Tumblr

  • RSS


Current affairsNews

Deputy speaker resigns over rape and sexual assault claims

Deputy speaker resigns over rape and sexual assault claims
11 September 2013
Aastha Gill
Aastha Gill
Avatar
Aastha Gill
11 September 2013

The House of Commons deputy speaker, Nigel Evans, has stepped down after being charged with rape and sexual assaults against seven men, yesterday.

Nigel Evans (pictured) resigns as deputy speaker after being accused of rape and sexual assaults. Photo: Reuters.

Nigel Evans (pictured) resigns as deputy speaker after being accused of rape and sexual assaults. Photo: Reuters.

The 55-year-old Tory MP is accused of two indecent assaults, five counts of sexual assault and one rape and was arrested for the third time on Tuesday after two more men accused him of attacks.

It is reported that the alleged victims were all in their 20s when they claim they were assaulted by the MP and the offences are said to have taken place in London and Lancashire over a decade between 2002 and 2013.

Mr Evans strongly denies all allegations and will appear before magistrates in Preston on September 18th.

He was previously arrested in May at his home in Lancashire by detectives investigating the claims over rape and sexual assault cases between 2009 and March this year.

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, said: “Following an investigation by Lancashire police, the Crown Prosecution Service has received a file of evidence in the case of Mr Nigel Evans MP which concerns allegations of a sexual nature. After careful consideration, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and that it is in the public interest to prosecute Mr Evans.”

Swansea-born Mr Evans has been a MP for Ribble Valley in Lancashire since 1992. He was elected vice chairman of the Conservative Party from 1999 to 2001 and was promoted to a shadow Welsch Secretary under Ian Duncan Smith in 2001 for two years. He was elected as one of the three deputy speakers in 2010 when he openly declared that he was gay.

Aastha Gill

Related Items

More in Current Affairs

World Mental Health Day 2018: Raising awareness and combating stigma

The editorial unit
Read More

Seven political personalities you should know about

The editorial unit
Read More

Why even small retailers have to do financial audits

The editorial unit
Read More

Present and future of online gaming

The editorial unit
Read More

Donald Trump: An enemy of the arts?

The editorial unit
Read More

Trump’s fortune: Where did the money come from?

The editorial unit
Read More

Snapchat Spectacles come to the UK

The editorial unit
Read More

Macron’s win: What are the financial implications for the UK?

The editorial unit
Read More

Wi-Fi in the sky

The editorial unit
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Tickets

Theatre tickets

  • Popular

  • Latest

  • TOP PICKS

  • Marighella
    ★★★★★
    Berlinale
  • Jeremy Loops and James Hersey at the Roundhouse
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • STEVE O SMITH autumn/winter 2019 collection presentation for LFW
    Fashion weeks
  • Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • The Aftermath premiere: On the red carpet with Keira Knightly, Alexander Skarsgård, director James Kent and cast
    Cinema
  • Tacenda
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Elizabethan Treasures at the National Portrait Gallery
    ★★★★★
    Art
  • Soft Animals at Soho Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Win Schindler’s List 25th anniversary edition on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray™
    Competitions
  • The Aftermath premiere: On the red carpet with Keira Knightly, Alexander Skarsgård, director James Kent and cast
    Cinema
  • Elizabethan Treasures at the National Portrait Gallery
    ★★★★★
    Art
  • Soft Animals at Soho Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • The Aftermath premiere: On the red carpet with Keira Knightly, Alexander Skarsgård, director James Kent and cast
    Cinema
  • Cyprus Avenue at the Royal Court Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Only Fools and Horses: The Musical at Theatre Royal Haymarket
    ★★★★★
    Theatre

Instagram

Something is wrong.
Instagram token error.
The Upcoming
Pages
  • Contact us
  • Fund us
  • Join mailing list
  • Join us
  • Our London food map
  • Our writers
  • What, when, why

Copyright © 2018 FL Media Ltd

UN criticisms of bedroom tax are “a disgrace” says Tory Party chairman‏
Putin writes Syria opinion piece for New York Times