Conor Burns sacked after being seen ‘touching young man’s thigh’, witness says

Tory minister, who denies any wrongdoing, reported for incident in hotel bar during party's conference

The trade minister Conor Burns was sacked from the government and suspended as a Conservative MP after he was seen touching a young man's thigh in a Tory conference hotel bar, it has been claimed.

According to the BBC on Saturday, an eyewitness said the former minister was seen with the man in the early hours of Tuesday in the Hyatt Regency hotel bar in Birmingham, which was a popular venue for conference attenders. Burns has denied any wrongdoing.