, Mark Menzies rang a 78-year-old party activist at 3.15am saying he had been locked up and demanding £5,000 “as a matter of life and death” to pay for his release.The sum eventually rose to £6,500 and was paid by the MP’s office manager from her personal bank account. She was reimbursed, the paper reported, from funds raised by Tory donors.
It is understood the Conservative Party has known about the claims for three months but took no action.
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