London - The former British Conservative minister, Mr Neil Hamilton, and his wife Christine are suing the woman who accused them of sexual assault for libel, their lawyer said yesterday.
The Hamiltons issued a High Court writ against trainee college lecturer, Ms Nadine Milroy-Sloan, who said they performed indecent acts as a man raped her at a flat in Ilford, east of London, last May. They have also launched a legal attempt to freeze their accuser's assets. Ms Milroy-Sloan has stood by her claims and has said she has been "to hell and back" since the alleged attack.