Former Labour councillor Oliver Steadman has been charged with one count of blackmail and with a communications offence in relation to the Westminster ‘honeytrap’ scandal. The Crown Prosecution Service announced the charges against the 28-year old this morning…
Head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime Division Malcolm McHaffie said:
“We have decided to prosecute Oliver Steadman with blackmail and five communications offences in relation to a total of five victims working within politics and Westminster.
“This follows an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service which looked into messages that included alleged unsolicited indecent images sent to a number of people within parliamentary political circles between October 2023 and April 2024 using Whatsapp.
“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and that it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings. Oliver Steadman will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 3 November 2025 for a first hearing.”
Steadman was elected as an Islington councillor in May 2024, only to resign two months later. His X account also suddenly went private. At the time, both Labour and Islington Council refused to comment…
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