The Director of Public Prosecutions has defended the decision to prosecute former Commons deputy speaker Nigel Evans over a string of sex offences charges, saying victims of sex crimes do not always consider themselves victims.
Tory Party MPs have welcomed Evans' aquittal and called for the Conservative whip to be restored to him.
Mark Pritchard and Alun Cairns supported calls for the justice system to come under scrutiny.
MPs hit out at CPS and police as former deputy Speaker Nigel Evans says he endured '11 months of hell'.
There was an element of absurdity in Nigel Evans' trial. But for him, there was nothing to laugh at.