James Chapman
UK Daily Mail
March 5, 2014
Downing Street was last night facing allegations of a cover-up over the child porn arrest of one of David Cameron’s oldest friends.
Patrick Rock, 62, deputy director of the No 10 policy unit, resigned and was arrested almost three weeks ago.
But Downing Street said nothing, only choosing to confirm his arrest and departure after being questioned on Monday by the Daily Mail.
Not even senior ministers had been informed.
Officials yesterday confirmed Mr Rock had also previously been the subject of a formal sexual harassment complaint understood to involve a high-flying woman civil servant.
She moved out of No 10 to another department after the case had been examined by Mr Cameron’s chief of staff Ed Llewellyn.
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