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6/21/2025, 5:09:46 PM No.508200082
>Council chiefs have been accused of hushing up a rape charge against the inhabitant of an asylum hotel in order to avoid inflaming 'community tension'.
>The man was reportedly charged with rape and voyeurism following an attack on a woman on June 11, The Sun reported.
>The man appeared in front of Portsmouth magistrates' on June 16 and he was remanded in custody - so he is no longer living in the hotel.
>But there are now allegations that members of Portsmouth City Council sought to keep the nature of charged man's accommodation secret in order to avoid community unrest.
>Portsmouth City Council members were reportedly briefed in private about the charges against the man.
>However, it has been claimed that councillors were warned not to mention that the suspect lived in an asylum hotel.
>It was also reported that Portsmouth Independents Party leader Cllr George Madgwick was urged not to share 'privileged confidential information'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14833561/amp/Rape-charge-man-staying-asylum-hotel-secret.html
>The man was reportedly charged with rape and voyeurism following an attack on a woman on June 11, The Sun reported.
>The man appeared in front of Portsmouth magistrates' on June 16 and he was remanded in custody - so he is no longer living in the hotel.
>But there are now allegations that members of Portsmouth City Council sought to keep the nature of charged man's accommodation secret in order to avoid community unrest.
>Portsmouth City Council members were reportedly briefed in private about the charges against the man.
>However, it has been claimed that councillors were warned not to mention that the suspect lived in an asylum hotel.
>It was also reported that Portsmouth Independents Party leader Cllr George Madgwick was urged not to share 'privileged confidential information'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14833561/amp/Rape-charge-man-staying-asylum-hotel-secret.html
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