Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is to be interviewed by police over the alleged rape of a woman inside the Houses of Parliament.
The disgraced former MP, 63, has been accused of attacking the female in the DUP office in Westminster in 2016.
It is claimed he tried to kiss her and put his hand up her skirt after attempting to get her to drink vodka shots.
The woman has already been interviewed by Police Service of Northern Ireland officers, reports the BBC, and her allegations have been shared with Scotland Yard.
The Met Police has confirmed it is investigating a 63-year-old man over the alleged rape.
The force said: ‘On Tuesday 13 October, the Met received a report referred to us by the Police Service of Northern Ireland relating to an allegation of rape in 2016, by a man now aged 63.
Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is to be interviewed by police over the alleged rape of a woman inside the Houses of Parliament
‘The allegation relates to one victim who is being supported by specialist officers.
‘The investigation is in its early stages. No arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing.’
Donaldson was jailed last week for 15 years for child sex abuse offences.
He was unanimously convicted in June of 18 offences against two victims which took place over a 23-year period.
Donaldson – who was knighted in 2016 before being stripped of the honour this year – denied the charges against him, claiming they were ‘unbelievable’. He has since pledged to appeal his convictions.
Allegations were first reported in July by the Belfast Telegraph that a woman from Northern Ireland had been sexually assaulted by Donaldson in the DUP offices in Parliament in 2016.
