Woman claims she was indecently assaulted by comedian when he visited Falkland Islands about 30 years ago

Police in the Falkland Islands have asked the Metropolitan police to investigate allegations made against the entertainer Jim Davidson.

A woman has alleged that she was indecently assaulted by Davidson when he visited the Falklands to entertain British troops around 30 years ago.

A Falklands police spokesman said: "The Falkland Islands government has been made aware of allegations made against Jim Davidson. We have asked the Metropolitan police to make inquiries relating to these allegations. We await the outcome of the investigation."

Davidson has not been charged and has been bailed to July. His solicitor said his client had not been interviewed about any offences in the Falkland Islands.

Henri Brandman said: "Jim continues to vigorously deny the allegations that have been put to him and is helping the police as fully as possible in their inquiries. He has not been charged with any offence. Jim has not been interviewed in respect of any alleged incident with a woman suggested to have taken place in the Falkland Islands about 30 years ago. Unless and until he is interviewed on that subject, neither he nor I can make any comment in that respect."

Davidson, 59, was arrested in January over allegations of sexual offences as part of Operation Yewtree which was set up to examine allegations of sexual abuse in the entertainment world, following revelations of the activities of Jimmy Savile.

So far 12 people have been arrested as part of Yewtree which is being run in three strands: allegations against Savile, allegations involving Savile and others, and allegations involving others.

The dozen arrested include the former pop star Gary Glitter, the DJ Dave Lee Travis and the comedian Freddie Starr. All deny any wrongdoing.

The publicist Max Clifford was charged with 11 historic counts of indecent assault against teenage girls. The 70-year-old, who is due to appear at Westminster magistrates court on 28 May, has vowed to clear his name, describing the allegations as "a load of nonsense".

Earlier this week, the veteran comedian Jimmy Tarbuck was arrested at his home in south-west London in connection with a historic child sex abuse allegation by North Yorkshire police after receiving information from Scotland Yard detectives working on Yewtree.