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Michael Dobbs asks if sexual assault claims are being followed "too blindly" by Police and prosecutors, after his friend Nigel Evans MP was cleared of nine sexual offences, including one of rape.

The rape claim was one of several allegations made by seven men during a five-week trial at Preston Crown Court.

The former Conservative MP was said to have used his political influence to take advantage of his alleged victims. But the defence pointed out inconsistencies in various witness accounts.

The CPS say the evidence could "only be fully explored during a trial".