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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Alastair Lockhart and Tristan Kirk

Former London Labour councillor denies Westminster 'honeytrap' plot

Oliver Steadman pictured last year - (Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire)

A former north London Labour councillor has denied blackmailing a Conservative MP in an alleged Westminster “honeytrap” plot.

Oliver Steadman, 29, has been charged with one count of blackmail and five allegations of improper use of a public electronic communications network in connection with allegations he was behind a series of “flirty” messages and explicit images sent to a series of MPs and Westminster figures.

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