Police refer Westminster ‘honeytrap’ to prosecutors
The BBC believes the Metropolitan Police have passed details of their investigation into the Westminster “honeytrap” to prosecutors for a decision.
In June, police arrested a man in his 20s in Islington on suspicion of offenses under the Online Protection Act and harassment. The investigation of the suspect is ongoing.
Earlier this year a group of men, most of them working in politics, reported that they had received flirtatious WhatsApp messages from senders named “Charlie” or “Abi”, sometimes including explicit images. There was also trade.
William Wragg, who was an MP at the time, resigned as Conservative whip after saying he had given the phone numbers of his fellow MPs to a man he met on a dating app because he was “scared”.
Labor suspended the man, who was a party member, after learning of his arrest.
Others targeted include Luke Evans, the then Conservative MP for Bosworth, who said he contacted police after becoming “the victim of cyber-flashing and malicious communications”.
In April the Met announced it was investigating reports of unsolicited messages being sent to MPs and others.
