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Tory MP says he was victim of ‘cyber flashing’ in parliamentary sexting scam

Source: PA Media

A Conservative MP has said he was the victim of “cyber flashing” and was the member who first alerted police to the parliamentary honeytrap sexting scam.

Bosworth MP Dr Luke Evans said he had received unsolicited explicit images and messages over WhatsApp.

The Metropolitan Police has said it is investigating reports of the scam as Conservative MP William Wragg revealed he was blackmailed into sharing his colleagues’ phone numbers for fear of intimate images of him being leaked.

Mr Wragg said on Thursday he was “manipulated” into giving the personal phone numbers of colleagues to

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