{"id":193848,"date":"2024-12-12T15:15:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/police-refer-westminster-honeytrap-to-prosecutors\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:15:07","slug":"police-refer-westminster-honeytrap-to-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/police-refer-westminster-honeytrap-to-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"Police refer Westminster ‘honeytrap’ to prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Metropolitan Police have passed details of their investigation into the Westminster “honeytrap” to prosecutors for a decision, the BBC understands.<\/p>\n

In June, police arrested a man in his mid-20s in Islington on suspicion of offences under the Online Safety Act and harassment. The suspect remains under investigation.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year a string of men, mostly working in politics, reported receiving flirtatious WhatsApp messages from senders named “Charlie” or “Abi” sometimes trading explicit images.<\/p>\n

William Wragg, then an MP, resigned the Conservative whip after saying that he gave the phone numbers of fellow MPs to a man he met on a dating app because he was “scared”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Labour suspended the man, who had been a party member, after learning of his arrest.<\/p>\n

Other people targeted include the then Conservative MP for Bosworth, Luke Evans, who said he had contacted the police after becoming “a victim of cyber-flashing and malicious communications”.<\/p>\n

In April the Met announced it was investigating reports of unsolicited messages being sent to MPs and others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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