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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.
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.
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.
Jun 27, 2018 · The new series about 1970s British MP Jeremy Thorpe traces his rise to power, then dramatic fall, complete with charges of a conspiracy to murder
Jan 4, 2019 · Jeremy Thorpe was the first British MP to stand trial for murder—and a lightning rod for a England's changing views on sexuality.
Mar 1, 2023 · 1 March 2023. BBC. Norman Scott described the depiction of him in the BBC series as "very unkind". A man at the centre of the Jeremy Thorpe scandal has described the depiction of him in a TV...
Dec 5, 2014 · Jeremy Thorpe, who has died at the age of 85, became the principal forgotten figure of modern British politics long ago. Even classic tragedy on the Oscar Wilde scale eluded him. The grubby ...
