7 years, 10 months ago

Ex-MP Simon Danczuk faces police rape quiz

Ex-MP Simon Danczuk has been accused of rape after a woman claimed he attacked her in Westminster. The disgraced politician, 50, who quit the Labour party last week after he was banned from standing in the election, is alleged to have assaulted a young woman last May. Ex-MP Simon Danczuk faces police rape quiz after woman told police he attacked her in Westminster The former Rochdale MP, who plans to stand as an independent in the June 8 election, said that officers had not been in contact with him over the alleged incident. ‘There is only a day to go before candidates have to submit nomination papers and some people desperately want to stop me.’ A Met Police spokesman said: 'On Monday, 8 May 2017, officers from Greater Manchester Police referred an allegation of rape to the Metropolitan Police. Mr Danczuk confirmed his resignation in a letter to Labour general secretary Iain McNicol and chopped up his membership card Mr Danczuk quit Labour after saying the party leadership was 'obsessed' with Karl Marx and communism and had 'totally lost touch' with 21st Century Britain.

Daily Mail

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