The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has urged a Conservative MP who was arrested on May 17 over a rape allegation dating back more than a decade to stay away from Parliament during the police investigation.
But many people not versed in English law have been wondering why the individual in question, said only to be a man in his 50s, has not been identified by the police or the media.
It is not due to a sinister conspiracy, but rather due to a number of factors.
In English law, someone can be arrested and held for some time before being charged with an offence or they can be brought in for questioning without being formally arrested….