Elphicke had been handed back the whip while facing a criminal investigation in order to back former PM Theresa May in a confidence vote (PA)
By Tristan Kirk
Disgraced ex-MP Charlie Elphicke was labelled a “sexual predator” as he was jailed for two years for sexual assaults on two young women.
The former government whip, 49, called himself a “naughty Tory” in a 2007 attack at his family home, groping the victim and chasing her until she had barricade herself into a room for safety. A decade later Elphicke – now an elected MP – struck again, carrying out two sexual assaults on a junior Parliamentary staffer in the House of Commons estate.
Elphicke, a father-of-two and qualified lawyer, confessed to cheating on his wife with another woman during his trial but insisted he had not groped anyone. But a jury convicted him of three sex assault charges. Within minutes of Elphicke’s conviction, his wife Natalie ended their 25-year marriage and left Southwark crown court without him.
Passing sentence today, Mrs Justice Whipple said to Elphicke: “Both women described similar and shocking allegations on them.
“You’re a sexual predator who used your success and respectability as a cover.”
Source: Evening Standard