Tory activist ‘appalled’ by party’s response to Mark Menzies claims

Katie Fieldhouse says Conservative party failed to act after she reported incident in early January

The Conservative activist who has accused a Tory MP of making a late-night demand for money has said she is appalled by the party's response.

Katie Fieldhouse has said Mark Menzies called her one night in December at 3.15am asking for 5,000 to pay bad people" who had detained him in a flat and were not letting him leave.