A City of London Police spokesman said last night: “City of London Police detectives arrested a 56-year-old man on January 5, 2015, on suspicion of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, sexual activity with a child, meeting a child following sexual grooming and rape of a girl under the age of consent.

“He was bailed on January 6 until March 2015.”

Richard issued a statement over his arrest concerning the suspected rape of a child. He said: “I absolutely deny the allegations made about me.

“It would be inappropriate to comment further given that the police are at a very early stage of their
investigation.”

Richard’s association with Mr Cameron goes back to at least 2007, when the then Opposition leader invited the technology entrepreneur to author the Richard Report – a review into the state of small business in Britain.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/doug-richard-david-cameron-advisor-4997986#ICID=sharebar_twitter