United director Edwards in Peeping Tom allegation

Manchester United's former chairman Mr Martin Edwards has been questioned by police over an alleged Peeping Tom incident in a…

Manchester United's former chairman Mr Martin Edwards has been questioned by police over an alleged Peeping Tom incident in a ladies' toilet, it emerged today.

Mr Edwards (57) may now face a court hearing after police submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service following the alleged incident at Mottram Hall hotel, near Prestbury, Cheshire, on August 17th.

According to the Daily Mirror, Mr Edwards apparently looked under the door of a toilet cubicle at the exclusive hotel. The paper said a woman using the lavatory at the time was left "very distressed" by the alleged incident.

Mr Edwards, now a non-executive director at the club, voluntarily attended a police station to be interviewed about the incident

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A spokeswoman for Cheshire Constabulary said a file had been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which will decide whether to take the matter to court.

She said: "We can confirm that we have spoken to a 57-year-old man who attended at Wilmslow police station voluntarily, not under arrest, concerning an allegation of improper behaviour that allegedly took place at Mottram Hall, Macclesfield, on Saturday August 17th.

"A file is being submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service in connection with this matter".

A spokeswoman for Manchester United refused to comment today."

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