A DEPUTY speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament, who is already facing accusations of rape and sexual assault, has been re-arrested on three counts of indecent assault.
Nigel Evans, 55, an MP in Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party, was first arrested in May and released on bail.
Returning to a police station on Wednesday as part of his bail conditions, he was told he faced additional allegations. All the claims involve men in their 20s.
"A 55-year-old man from Pendleton in Lancashire (northwest England) has today answered his bail following his arrest in May on suspicion of rape and sexual assault," police said.
"He has subsequently been further arrested on suspicion of three further offences of indecent assault."
Evans' original arrest last month stunned parliament, where the openly gay MP is a popular figure and well-liked by MPs across the political spectrum.
He had previously dismissed the first set of allegations as "completely false", and said they had been made by two people he had "regarded as friends".
"Clearly we want closure of this as soon as possible and I carry on assisting this inquiry fully and openly," Evans said outside Preston police station in Lancashire on Wednesday.
"I continue to refute all allegations," he said, adding that he was "extremely grateful" for all the support he had received from family, friends and constituents.
He was released on bail until September 10 pending further inquiries.
The original incidents were alleged to have happened between July 2009 and March 2013 in Pendleton, where Evans lives in his constituency.
The new allegations are said to have occurred in Blackpool on the Lancashire coast, and London, between 2003 and 2011. Police did not give any further details.
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