Lib Dem member, 57, arrested after woman groped at conference party

A antheral has been arrested and suspended from the Liberal Democrats aft a pistillate was groped during an lawsuit astatine the party’s yearly conference.

The 57-year-old allegedly groped a woman, thought to beryllium aged successful her 20s, soon aft midnight connected Tuesday astatine the Lib Dem ‘glee club’ event’.

It happened astatine The Grand Hotel successful Brighton, which is hosting the party’s three-day league and has seen enactment person Ed Davey instrumentality portion successful yet much attention-grabbing stunts.

A spokesperson for the enactment confirmed the fishy was a member, and his rank has since been suspended portion constabulary investigate, The Sun reports.

A Lib Dem spokesperson said: ‘We are horrified this has happened, we assisted the constabulary successful identifying and arresting the fishy and person suspended him from the party.’

A spokesperson for Sussex Police said: ‘We person arrested a 57-year-old antheral from Bristol connected suspicion of intersexual battle by touching successful narration to an incidental which took spot astatine The Grand Hotel, Kings Road, Brighton astatine astir midnight connected Tuesday.

‘He remains successful custody astatine this time.’

Late-night glee nine is simply a accepted portion of the Lib Dem autumn conference, which sees members sing on to sweary governmental songs with sentiments including ‘b******s to Brexit’.

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