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Polish MP is charged with rape, sexual abuse

26 Aug 2007 17:55:09 GMT
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WARSAW, Aug 26 (Reuters) - An MP expelled from Poland's rural-based Self-Defence party has been arrested and charged with rape and sexual abuse, a prosecutor said on Sunday.

The Lodz Prosecutor's Office has charged Stanislaw Lyzwinski with one count of rape and six counts of abusing his position by demanding or accepting sexual favours in exchange for jobs, PAP news agency reported.

Lyzwinski, who collapsed on Friday and is in an Interior Ministry hospital, has denied the charges.

He could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, PAP quoted prosecutor's spokesman Krzysztof Kopania as saying.

The sex scandal erupted last December when a woman Self-Defence worker accused party leader Andrzej Lepper and Lyzwinski of demanding sexual favours and said one of them was the father of her youngest daughter.

DNA testing disproved the paternity claim, but prosecutors pursued the sexual favours allegations against Lyzwinski, who was expelled from Self-Defence and lost his parliamentary immunity last week.

Lepper lost his job as deputy prime minister and farm minister last month in connection with a land re-zoning scam, leading to the collapse of the ruling coalition and the prospect of snap elections two years ahead of schedule.

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