Accused groper is ‘a good bloke’ says baroness

The former Leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Tina Stowell, told a court her ex-aide, accused of groping a young Westminster colleague, hated sexist behaviour and is a ‘good bloke.’ Richard Holden, 33, allegedly put his hands up the 24-year-old’s skirt and slipped his fingers between her thighs at a Christmas party at his £1m home in December 2016. He pestered the woman, in her early 20s, throughout the evening with hugs and called her ‘beautiful’, Southwark Crown Court…