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Blair ally arrested
30/01/2007 23:37 - (SA)
London - The top fundraiser for British
Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party was arrested on Tuesday
on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, a
police source said.
Labour fundraiser Lord Michael Levy was arrested when he
returned to a London police station for a bail hearing in
connection with alleged offences in a loans-for-favours scandal
following his first arrest last year.
Levy, Blair's personal Middle East envoy, denied any
wrongdoing.
"Lord Levy went to the police station today (on Tuesday)as asked," a
spokesperson for Levy said in a statement.
"He was interviewed again. He completely denies any
allegations of wrongdoing whatsoever. "He left the police station
in the early afternoon and since there is a continuing
investigation he will not make any further comments at this
time."
Police said in a statement a man had been arrested and
bailed pending further inquiries.
Levy was first arrested in July 2006 as part of a police
investigation into a long-simmering party funding scandal that
has hurt Blair amid a series of sleaze and mismanagement
allegations surrounding members of his cabinet.
In December 2005, Blair himself became the first prime
minister since David Lloyd George in the 1920s to be interviewed
by police in a cash-for-honours probe.
Police are investigating allegations that the Labour Party
promised Lordships - state honours which come with life-long
seats in the house of lords -
in return for loans to help a 2005 general election campaign.
- Reuters
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