And a further £14,000 was spent on private medical bills. He strongly disputes the claims, according to the times. The Conservative Party was made aware of the allegations three months ago. It says its investigating. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports the honesty needs to start now. The lack of clarity needs to stop. This was mark menzies last week in a local campaign video. When this was filmed, he was still a conservative mp. But last night he was suspended from the party. It came after allegations in a newspaper that he used funds from donors to pay thousands to so called bad people who had apparently locked him in a flat. The bbc has checked details of some of the allegations printed in the times this morning that mr menzies called a 78 year old local activist in the middle of the night, asking for money. It is claimed he said he was being detained against his will, that he needed money as a matter of life or death. The £6,500 was provided by a local activist, the m
like the dubai floods, it takes really quite detailed analysis to try and quantify exactly. so much of this region was unprepared for the sheer amount of rain. so many now having to deal with the consequences. frances read, bbc news. a man who spent 17 years in jail for a rape he didn t commit has been offered an unreserved apology . the criminal cases review commission chairwoman said she was deeply sorry for failing andrew malkinson. but mr malkinson said the apology was too little, too late. 0ur correspondent, graham satchwell, joins me with more. it is an extraordinary case, isn t it? ., ,. , ., , it? the government described it as an atrocious it? the government described it as an atrocious miscarriage it? the government described it as an atrocious miscarriage of- it? the government described it as an atrocious miscarriage ofjustice. mr malkinson was found guilty of rape in 2004 and i was meant at incidents. in 2007 new dna evidence came to light linking the crime to ano
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Derek Ridgewell was named at the Court of Appeal as the officer who falsely accused a group of black men of robbing him on the London Underground.
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