Tory MP Patrick Spencer grins outside court as he faces Groucho Club sex assault charges

Tory MP Patrick Spencer appeared to smile to crowds as he arrived at court today to face two counts of sexual assault allegedly carried out at London's famous Groucho Club.

The Crown Prosecution Service said that the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich had been charged following the alleged incidents at the well known private members' club in August 2023.

Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS special crime and counter-terrorism division, said the allegations involved two separate women.