Aide denies sex attack

A former special advisor to shamed politician Sir Michael Fallon has denied sexually assaulting a woman at his £1 million home. Richard Holden, 32, allegedly groped the woman’s bottom and crotch during a Christmas party at his three-bedroom house close to Parliament in Vauxhall, on 17 December 2016. He is accused of drunkenly placing his hands around her waist before moving them up her skirt and touching her intimately. The woman, who is in her 20s, reported the incident to…