Tory MP Charlie Elphicke has been charged with sexually assaulting two women.

The Conservative MP for Dover was today charged with three counts of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Elphicke, 48, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on September 6.

In a statement, the Crown Prosecution Service said it had brought today’s charges against the MP after reviewing a file of evidence from the Metropolitan police.

The charges relate to one alleged sexual assault against a woman in 2007 and two separate alleged sexual assaults against a second woman in 2016.

A CPS spokesperson said: ‘The Crown Prosecution Service has today charged Charles Elphicke, MP for Dover, with three charges of sexual assault against two women.

‘The CPS made the decision to charge Mr Elphicke after reviewing a file of evidence from the Metropolitan Police.

‘The CPS reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against Mr Elphicke are now active and that he has a right to a fair trial.

‘It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.’

Elphicke was suspended from the Conservative party in November 2017 over the sexual assault allegations.

He had the whip restored in December last year, prior to a confidence vote in Theresa May.

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