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| Nigel Evans trial: MP 'put hand down victim's trousers' | Nigel Evans trial: MP 'put hand down victim's trousers' |
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| A man who alleges he was sexually abused by MP Nigel Evans has told a court the politician put his hand down his trousers twice during a night out in Soho. | A man who alleges he was sexually abused by MP Nigel Evans has told a court the politician put his hand down his trousers twice during a night out in Soho. |
| The former deputy speaker of the House of Commons had a "reputation", Preston Crown Court heard. | The former deputy speaker of the House of Commons had a "reputation", Preston Crown Court heard. |
| The man said he dismissed the incident as "just Nigel being drunken Nigel". | The man said he dismissed the incident as "just Nigel being drunken Nigel". |
| Mr Evans, 56, denies one count of rape, two counts of indecent assault and six of sexual assault. | Mr Evans, 56, denies one count of rape, two counts of indecent assault and six of sexual assault. |
| The charges relates to seven men between 2002 and 2013. | |
| The alleged victim told the court that at first he thought Mr Evans was being tactile, but it was "not a sort of comedy squeeze". | The alleged victim told the court that at first he thought Mr Evans was being tactile, but it was "not a sort of comedy squeeze". |
| The openly gay man said at the time it was an "open secret" in Westminster that the politician was gay. | The openly gay man said at the time it was an "open secret" in Westminster that the politician was gay. |
| 'Punch him' | |
| He told the jury that while out with friends in 2002, Mr Evans, then the shadow secretary of state for Wales, indecently assaulted him by putting his hand down his trousers at a pub called the Sanctuary on Greek Street in Soho. | |
| "He had definitely been drinking, he was acting very drunk and I do remember he seemed to sober up quite quickly," he said. | |
| Mark Heywood QC, prosecuting, asked the man when he became first aware of something untoward. | |
| He said: "That some fingers had gone down my trousers. He had a reputation. | |
| "I walked away rather than make a scene. I did not want him to think I was interested." | |
| He told the court: "I was annoyed by it. | |
| "I thought if I don't walk away I'm going to hit him." | |
| The man said the MP for Ribble Valley in Lancashire then put his hand down his trousers again, prompting the witness, then aged 27, to tell a friend: "I'm going to punch him." | |
| He told the court: "She said, 'You can't do that - the shadow secretary of state for Wales'." | |
| Mr Evans resigned as deputy speaker after he was charged in September. | Mr Evans resigned as deputy speaker after he was charged in September. |
| He has not returned to the Conservatives in the Commons and is representing his constituents as an independent. | He has not returned to the Conservatives in the Commons and is representing his constituents as an independent. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |