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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Tom Ambrose

Former Tory tells of ‘enormous guilt’ over sharing MPs’ data with catfish

William Wragg
William Wragg resigned the Tory whip in April. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

The former Tory MP William Wragg has told of the “enormous guilt” he felt after realising he had been catfished into sending explicit photos on the gay dating app Grindr.

Police launched an investigation in April after at least 12 men with links to Westminster received unsolicited messages from an account posing as aliases “Charlie” and ‘“Abi”.

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