Nigel Evans told police a ex Westminster worker who accused him of sexual assault was "Machiavellian" and at the "centre of the web" of a plot against him, his trial heard. He denies all charges against him.
The trial of former Commons deputy speaker Nigel Evans heard today that the MP was "staggered" at being arrested and accused of rape.
Evans admitted having sex with a man 33 years his junior but told police, "Was it non-consensual, the answer is no."
ITV News Correspondent Damon Green reports:
Today the jury heard Evans' answers to questions from detectives at Preston Police Station following his arrest on May 4 last year, five weeks after the alleged sexual assault.
Evans denies all the charges against him.
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