‘Rape’ victim ran though Palace of Westminster

A Parliamentary worker fled through the corridors of Westminster after she was raped by a Tory MP’s chief of staff, a court heard. Samuel Armstrong, 24, aide to South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay, repeatedly assaulted the woman in his boss’s office in the Sports and Social Bar, jurors heard. The alleged rape took place in room G27 of the Norman Shaw North building in the early hours of October 14 last year. Armstrong went back to Mr Mackinlay’s office where…