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
roderick williams is still employed by the post office and he wasn t enjoying being in the spotlight today. i m missing your question. i m sorry, i m being thick. i m struggling with these questions a little bit. can i understand what you mean by strategy? i haven t got my dictionary with me at the moment, mrwilliams. he admitted bantering about subpostmasters with colleagues in internal emails. if they aren t happy with horizon, they can leave the network, he wrote. when a sub postmaster raised concerns, mr williams said, generally, my view is this guy is a bluffer. as for bbc media requests about the growing scandal, he called them puerile and getting ridiculous. how key documents are disclosed has been a big theme in this inquiry. he was sent this email by an external solicitor about how to deal with a defence request for post office investigation guidelines. she proposes suppressing them for as long as possible.