Sex attack claims against blind peer are ‘out of this world’

A blind Tory peer accused of grabbing a masseuse’s bottom told a court the idea of a sexual encounter with the woman was ‘multi-galaxies away’. Lord Christopher Holmes of Richmond MBE, 48, allegedly pointed to his crotch and asked if the woman did ‘extras’ at a five star hotel’s spa on March 7 last year. Lord Holmes, who is visually impaired and a life peer in the House of Lords, is Britain’s most successful Paralympic swimmer, with a total of…

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