MP ‘groped breasts of two women’ at London club, court hears

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The coverage of the MP's alleged misconduct broadly agrees on the core facts of the story. However, left-leaning outlets like Daily Mail and GB News tend to emphasize the MP's party affiliation and use stronger language, while centre-ground outlets like Sky News, Evening Standard, and The Independent focus on the alleged behavior itself, using more serious and neutral tones.

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Evening Standard

MP 'groped women at London's Groucho club', court hears

Patrick Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, is accused of drunkenly coming up behind the women and putting his arms around them

13 Jul, 14:44

The Independent

MP Patrick Spencer ‘groped two women’ at London’s Groucho Club, court told

Patrick Spencer, who lives in Suffolk, was suspended from the Tory Party and had the whip withdrawn after the sexual assault charges were brought last year

13 Jul, 14:43

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Sky News

MP ‘groped breasts of two women’ at London club, court hears

An MP groped the breasts of two women at a London club after pestering them to join him for a drink, a has court heard.

13 Jul, 15:50

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Daily Mail

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Tory MP Patrick Spencer groped breasts of two women at London's Groucho club after pestering them to have a drink with him, court hears

Conservative MP Patrick Spencer drunkenly groped the breasts of two women after pestering them to have a drink with him at London's exclusive Groucho club, a court has heard.

14 Jul, 07:02

GB News

MP 'drunkenly groping breasts of two women' in London club, court hears

An MP "drunkenly groped the breasts of two women" in a London club, a court has heard. Patrick Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk & North Ipswich, is accused of coming up behind two women and putting his arms around them at London's Groucho club during a night out in August 2023. Southwark Crown Court heard the two women did not know Mr Spencer but later identified him through his picture on the Parliament website…