I didn’t rape girl in woods, says Lib Dem: Former MP emphatically denies allegation he was member of VIP paedophile ring

‘A former Liberal Democrat MP yesterday emphatically denied claims he repeatedly raped a child in woods as part of a VIP paedophile ring.

Esther Baker, 32, waived her right to anonymity last week to allege the politician was in a group whose influential members routinely abused young girls at the Cannock Chase beauty spot in Staffordshire as police officers in uniform stood guard.

Yesterday the high-profile Lib-Dem furiously denied the allegations and suggested he could be the victim of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.’

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