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DETECTIVES dropped an investigation into Keith Vaz yesterday after the Labour MP was accused of paying for two male escorts.
The 59-year-old Leicester East MP issued a public apology to his wife and children and quit as chairman of the influential Commons home affairs committee following the exposé in the Sunday Mirror. Scotland Yard launched an investigation last month to see “what criminal offences — if any — may have been committed.”
A Met spokesman said: “During the investigation new information was received and additional advice obtained from the CPS, following which the Met has made the decision to close the investigation with no person being charged.” The Commons sleaze watchdog also launched an inquiry into Mr Vaz.
The probe by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards will determine whether Mr Vaz was guilty of a conflict of interest as he headed the body’s review of vice laws at the time of the allegations regarding male escorts.
