Reform UK lawyer contradicts suspended MP Rupert Lowe

A elder lawyer appointed by Reform UK to analyse allegations against suspended MP Rupert Lowe and his squad has denied making comments helium has attributed to her.

The Great Yarmouth MP was referred to the constabulary by his party, which accused him of making threats of unit against its chairman.

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed they are assessing an allegation of "verbal threats."

There person besides been allegations of bullying successful Lowe's offices, which are being investigated by the lawyer who has been hired by the party.

Lowe powerfully denies each the claims, saying "there is nary credible grounds against me" and says helium is the unfortunate of "a governmental assassination due to the fact that I dared to question Nigel Farage".

Reform removed the whip from Lowe, meaning helium present sits arsenic an autarkic MP.

His suspension came aft the Daily Mail published an interrogation with Lowe wherever helium said Reform nether Nigel Farage's enactment remained a "protest enactment led by the Messiah".

The lawyer, a KC oregon King's Counsel, who has not been named by the enactment but whose credentials person been verified by the BBC, said: "I person seen a fig of statements made by Mr Lowe MP which are attributed to maine and which picture my reactions to the process conducted by the enactment into the allegations made against some Mr Lowe MP and his constituency manager.

"I find myself successful the unfortunate and regrettable presumption of having to marque this connection to close the record."

The lawyer added: "I person not expressed either 'dismay' oregon 'shock' astatine immoderate clip arsenic to the process. Nor person I said 'there is zero credible grounds against [Mr Lowe]', fto unsocial said this 'repeatedly'."

On Friday, Lowe took contented with a connection issued by Reform which acceptable retired that determination would beryllium an autarkic probe into what had happened.

He wrote: "I person conscionable spoken to the KC. She is dismayed that this connection has been made, and reiterated that nary grounds against maine has been sent to her.

"She stated that this has been issued earlier the probe has adjacent started.

"She is shocked astatine the process, shocked astatine the connection from the party, and shocked that nary credible grounds has been given, contempt her repeated requests."

The BBC enactment the lawyer's connection to Lowe, who issued his ain connection successful reply.

"Ever since this malicious onslaught connected my estimation was launched, each I person asked for from some Reform and the KC is credible grounds against me. None has been provided. It inactive hasn't," helium said.

"The KC has said she has been 'chasing' for that. I person received nothing. Because determination is nary credible grounds against me."

He added: "I person spoken with the KC astatine length, connected the telephone and done message. I've got to cognize her implicit the past week, and she has been precise helpful, and is simply a charming woman who is trying to bash her occupation successful the precise hard presumption that Reform has enactment her in."

He accused the enactment of an "outright lie" successful claiming helium had not co-operated with the investigation, a assertion Reform made successful a connection connected Friday evening.

"I person been successful discussions with my ineligible squad this afternoon, and this volition beryllium followed by ineligible enactment successful owed course," Lowe told the BBC.

"I volition not person my sanction dragged done the mud arsenic portion of a governmental assassination due to the fact that I dared to question Nigel Farage. You person to basal up to bullies, and I americium doing precisely that."

He said the lawyer had told him connected Friday night: "I advised that you should simply accidental that the enactment was precipitous to authorities that these allegations had been made without besides saying that the enactment has commissioned an autarkic probe and the probe has not yet got underway to look astatine each the grounds and measure its veracity."