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Alleged rape victim of unnamed Tory former minister wants MPs to name and shame him
THE identity of the Conservative MP who was arrested on suspicion of rape should be revealed in Parliament when MPs return to Westminster next week, his alleged victim has said.
A former minister in his 50s was arrested earlier this month over allegations involving four separate incidents of rape and sexual assault.
A former Commons researcher in her 20s said she needed hospital treatment after an alleged attack by the MP.
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