However, security sources are now suggesting it may be less straightforward than that.

The identity and motives of "Charlie" and "Abi" are unknown, and it is unclear what they wanted from their targets.

The situation remains troubling and confusing.

A person using the name M-xl on the gay hook-up app Grindr approached two male conference attendees at the Liberal Democrats' annual conference in Bournemouth last September.

M-xl claimed to be 28 and interested in chat, friends, or hookups, using a photo of a blonde man.

This incident is not limited to the Conservative Party or William Wragg, as previously thought.

Grindr is a dating app that shows users nearby profiles.

M-xl exchanged messages with someone he met on the app, who shared a supposed orgy story.

When M-xl mentioned this to his friends in a bar, they revealed they had received similar messages from the same person.