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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Woman sexually assaulted by MP condemns Labour’s complaints process

Mike Hill at the 2017 general election count in Hartlepool.
Mike Hill in 2017. Last year he was found by a tribunal to have victimised the former staff member known as Ms A. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

A woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a Labour MP has condemned the party’s complaints procedures as “fake” and “a political stunt” after the launch of a separate inquiry into claims against Geraint Davies.

The former member for Hartlepool, Mike Hill, was found by a tribunal last year to have victimised his former staff member, known as Ms A, after she spurned his advances. She said the party had initially ignored her complaints, then tried to cover them up, and had offered her little support during a four-year fight for justice.

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