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Bessell's evidence against Thorpe, reported in the Daily Mirror during the pre-trial committal proceedings, November 1978. The Thorpe affair of the 1970s was a British political and sex scandal that ended the career of Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal Party and Member of Parliament (MP) for North Devon.
Thorpe resigned the leadership in May 1976 when his position became untenable. When the matter came to court three years later, Thorpe chose not to give evidence to avoid being cross-examined by counsel for the prosecution. This left many questions unanswered; despite his acquittal, Thorpe was discredited and did not return to public life.
As of September 2019, Thorpe was imprisoned in HM Prison Foston Hall. [18] In March 2023, it was reported that Thorpe would have her first parole hearing. [19] [20] Thorpe, who declined to take an active role in the parole board's case review process, was denied release in October 2023, but remains eligible for parole review in the future. [1]
Norman Josiffe (born 12 February 1940), better known in the media as Norman Scott, is an English former dressage trainer [citation needed] and model who was a key figure in the Thorpe affair, a major British political scandal of the 1970s.
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In 1979, former Member of Parliament Jeremy Thorpe stood trial over accusations that he hired a hitman to kill his alleged ex-lover, Norman Scott. A Very English Scandal chronicles Thorpe's early, secretive love life, at a time when sexual activity between men was illegal, and his subsequent public exposure. The novel also details Thorpe's ...
The case could have major repercussions. Nearly 1,000 children and young adults like Gilbert and Hensley died while housed in the sprawling system of federal boarding schools modeled on the one at ...
Thorpe considers having him killed but the plans are repeatedly postponed. In 1973, Thorpe marries Marion Stein, Countess of Harewood and continues to climb the political ladder. Unfortunately, Thorpe encounters Norman by chance, panics and tells David Holmes (an old friend from Oxford) to arrange for Norman's murder. Andrew Newton is hired for ...