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Thorpe affair. 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.
Jan 4, 2019 · Heritage. The Strange True Story of A Very English Scandal. Jeremy Thorpe was the first British MP to stand trial for murder, and a lightning rod for a country's changing views on sexuality....
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HISTORY. The True Story of ‘A Very English Scandal’ and the Trials of a Closeted Gay Politician. The new series about 1970s British MP Jeremy Thorpe traces his rise to power, then...
Apr 18, 2022 · Jeremy Thorpe and his wife leave the Old Bailey after he is found not guilty of conspiring to murder former male model Norman Scott with three other men. Thorpe, a Liberal politician, was previously involved in a scandal in which he was accused of having a homosexual relationship with Scott.
John Jeremy Thorpe (29 April 1929 – 4 December 2014) was a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979, and as leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. In May 1979, he was tried at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy and incitement to murder his ex-boyfriend Norman Scott, a former model.
Mar 1, 2023 · The three-part, 2018 BBC series A Very English Scandal explored Norman Scott's alleged affair with late former Liberal Party leader Mr Thorpe. The North Devon MP was acquitted at a trial in...
May 12, 2018 · Jeremy Thorpe and his downfall: The 1970s gay sex scandal that involved attempted murder, a dead dog and the Liberal Party leader. The BBC drama A Very English Scandal is about to revisit a...
