Ex-Tory MP and Sunak aide amongst 15 charged over normal election betting scandal | EUROtoday

A former Tory MP is amongst 15 individuals who have been charged with offences referring to bets positioned on the timing of the 2024 normal election, the Gambling Commission has introduced.

The scandal over the alleged inserting of bets on the timing of Rishi Sunak’s shock resolution to name the nationwide poll early engulfed the Conservative Party’s marketing campaign final summer time.

While the Metropolitan Police dropped its personal investigation final August, saying the bar for misconduct in public workplace had not been met, the Gambling Commission introduced on Monday that it had introduced prices in opposition to 15 people.

Among these have been Mr Sunak’s former parliamentary non-public secretary Craig Williams, the previous Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire, who was charged with dishonest underneath Section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005, which is a felony offence.

Russell George, the Tory Senedd member for Montgomeryshire, was additionally charged, together with Laura Saunders, who was Tory candidate for Bristol North West on the election.

The different 12 folks charged with dishonest embrace a former police officer, the Gambling Commission stated.

They are: Simon Chatfield, aged 51, from Lower Bourne, Farnham; Amy Hind, 34, Loughton; Anthony Hind, 36, additionally from Loughton; former police officer Jeremy Hunt, 55, Horne; Thomas James, 38, Brecon; Charlotte Lang, 36, Brixton; Anthony Lee, 47, Bristol; Iain Makepeace, 47, Newcastle; Nick Mason, 51, Milton on Stour; Paul Place, 53, Hammersmith; James Ward, 40, London; and Jacob Willmer, 39, Richmond.

They are resulting from seem at Westminster Magistrates Court at 10am on Friday 13 June 2025.

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