Ribble Valley MP arrested again in sex assault investigation

Ribble Valley MP and Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans has been arrested for three alleged indecent assaults when he answered bail this morning after his arrest in May on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.

By The Newsroom

Published 19th Jun 2013, 11:05 BST

Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans gives a press statement at his home in Pendleton where he saidallegations he raped one man and sexually assaulted another were "completely false"

Lancashire Constabulary have issued this statement: “A 55-year-old man from Pendleton, in Lancashire, has today answered his bail following his arrest in May on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.

“He has subsequently been further arrested on suspicion of three further offences of indecent assault. He will be interviewed about these allegations at a police station in Lancashire during the course of the day.

“These offences are alleged to have been committed in Blackpool in Lancashire and London between 2003 and 2011. The rape and indecent assault offences are alleged to have been committed in Pendleton between July 2009 and March 2013.”