MP Patrick Spencer appeared to smile to crowds as he arrived at court today to face two counts of sexual assault allegedly carried out at London’s famous Groucho Club. The Crown Prosecution Service said the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich was charged after the alleged incidents at the well known private members’ club in August 2023.
Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS special crime and counter-terrorism division, said the allegations involved two separate women. Mr Spencer’s lawyers have said he “categorically” denies the charges against him and will defend the allegations “robustly” in court.
Mr Spencer held his seat for the Conservative Party at the 2024 General Election, securing a majority of 4,290.
After the charges emerged, the party suspended the MP, who is now sitting as an Independent in Parliament.
He was not an MP at the time of the alleged sexual assaults.
A spokesman for the Conservatives said previously that the party “believes in integrity and high standards” and took “immediate action”.