🔴 The MP alleges police ‘waited four months, without ever talking to me, before deciding there was nothing for them to investigate’
Mr Knight, a backbencher who chaired the Media, Culture and Sport Committee,In a statement, Mr Knight said: “The fact is that there was never anything for the police to investigate. This was a single, false and malicious allegation initially brought to them by third parties, each of whom had their own clear motives for doing so.
He added: “Had the police taken the simple step at outset of interviewing me under caution, they would have seen that the allegation was false and scandalous. Instead, they waited four months, without ever talking to me, before deciding there was nothing for them to investigate. “It is now my intention to use every legal route available to pursue those inside and outside Parliament involved in having this allegation brought against me.
The Tory backbencher was stripped of the Conservative whip in December and had recused himself from Parliament until the case was resolved.
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