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^Tv^r@clithadvertiseri;.Jir;aj5:y. Nigel Evans admitted having
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ssexwithanian33yearshis: . junior but told police: “We are nottalkingaboutawilting flower here" ajury has been toid.V / , :.: ‘
The Ribble Valley MP, who de
rbies a series of sex offences, . told detectives he was “stag- ; gered” at being arrested, and putin a police interview room
-accused of rape,ihis'trial at Preston Grown Court heard.' "•' Evans is said to have raped
The young man, then aged 22, following a dinner party at his homeinPendletonayearago,
'in March 2613. , '-1 , '. b Thejiiryheard on Tuesday
his answers to questions from detectives at Preston Police. StatiohfoUowinghisarreston May4th; five weeks after the alleged sexual assault. r tfsEvans (56) told officers:
“Didlhave sexual contact with. him? The answer is yes. w i i $&B££f:hsrj" U : - “s ’
; ' a “Was it non-consensual?
The.answer is no.”
'. : r The former deputy Speak- er o f the Commons said that after drinking Champagne
-4 and red wine his other din- ner guests left his home, leavr ing him alone with the young man, who'was intending to stay over in his spare room. ' •But they began “caressing
and kissing” downstairs arid Evans said when he went up- stairs to go into his bedroom the young man said: “Should I follow you?” to which the MP said “Yes”, and they each took their own clothes off and had sex.
Evans told officers: :“At
what stage he thought what was going to happen was not consensual,T’m a bit mysti- ■ fied.
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. ■ » “Had he not wished to have any sexual contact with me he
v could have said so, which he never did. , . “He could have gone up to ■ hisownbed.
’a . . . £ ■ :“He said, ‘Should I follow
the country Clitheroe is in the top' 10 places to live in the coun- tryside. . - ■_ -- According to a new
; had been drinking but none ' were drunk, having downed Champagne, four or five bot tles ofred wine and port dur ing their meal. -. The MP said he was open ly gay, having “come out” in
.. 2010 and he was also aware - the young man was gay. ^ : He said they had sex to
gether and at no point did the young man say he did not want to. ^
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MP.told officers:;“He
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you m?.VAnd he did.He took1: . his own clothes off. I did not'-'
. lead him in or push him in or any of that.
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; tv “As far as I was concerned everything that occurred was consensual: I’m somewhat staggered by the allegations heisnowmaking.” > • i- a :; Evans is alleged to have sex ually assaulted seven young men on various dates between 20Q2andlastyearby usinghis
1* -t. ./r-rsT.o “powerful” politicalinfluence
: to' take advantage of them.- i . ■ He denies one rape, two in
decent assaults and six sexual assaults. -
^ , i. The MP told ofBcers there •
was a “loose arrangement” for theyoungmantostay over and sleep in the loft conversion at • his home, though he also had the option to return to his own home after the parly.: . ■ : ' Evans said all his .guests
followed rrie upstairs, as I turnedrighttogointomybed- room, he said, ‘Shall I follow you?’To which I said, ‘Yes’.
■ -• “We got into the same bed together even though there was a bed upstairs designat- • ed for him. ■ . “Had he never wished for. sexual activity at all I would
_have assumed he would have gone upstairs. “Saying, ‘No’ or ‘Stop’
would have been another in dicator., but ofcourse there . was none of that.” •continued on page 2
guide published on Tues day by The Times, the ru- ral market town was placed seyenth in Britain’stop 30 .best locations to live in the . country, and was the only
town in the North West to have ma'de’the list. The report said: “This
pastoral idyll of the Ribr ble Valley was the inspira-
• tionforJRRTolkien’s Shire (home of the hobbits) and. is aU mis ty green fields and
rippling rivers with the
. addedbenefitofgreatfood- ie shops arid a jazz festival. The craggier p eaks of the Bowland Fells, sometimes • known as the “Switzerland of England”, are a short drive away. Long-time
■ locals and Preston com muters tend to live here.” Delighted with the news,
- MrGeoffreyJackson,from- The Ribble Valley Jazz and ■ Blues Club, said: “This is
v wonderful. We are look- . ing forward to welcoming thousands of extra people- to the festival in May for the cultural and economic •. • benefits of the Valley.”
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