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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Ex-Tory MP Aaron Bell touched woman in ‘brazen and drunken’ act of sexual misconduct, report finds

Former Conservative MP Aaron Bell has announced ‘with a very heavy heart’ that he will not be standing at the general election - (PA)

A former Tory MP inappropriately touched a woman’s bottom in one of parliament’s bars without her consent, according to a damning report by the Commons sleaze watchdog.

Aaron Bell, who suddenly stepped down before the general election despite having campaigned for six days, was found to have touched the complainant’s left thigh, waist and bottom “inappropriately and without her consent” last December in parliament’s Strangers’ Bar.

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