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Tory MP Andrew Rosindell has not attended parliament for more than a year since arrest

by Gabriel Pogrund, Sunday July 16 2023, 12.01am, The Sunday Times

A Conservative MP has not attended parliament for more than a year after being arrested for sexual offences, misconduct in public office and more.

Andrew Rosindell, 57, has been under investigation by the Metropolitan Police since January 2020 and was formally arrested in May last year.

He denies any wrongdoing and is on police bail, which has been extended five times. He has not been charged and therefore remains innocent.

After agreeing to a request to stay away from the parliamentary estate by the Tory chief whip, he has not voted or spoken in the House of Commons since May last year. However, his constituents do not know that their MP is under investigation or that he has agreed not to attend parliament while police [...]

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