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True story behind A Very English Scandal - how Jeremy Thorpe became the only British politician to stand trial for conspiracy to murder

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True story behind A Very English Scandal - how Jeremy Thorpe became the only British politician to stand trial for conspiracy to murder

By Rachael Bletchly & Steve Myall

 

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Jeremy Thorpe's career came crashing down amid accusations of murder plots and secret homosexuality (Image: PA)

 

The case involved illicit sex in the House of Commons, blackmail, a murder plot and the cold-blooded shooting of a blameless dog.

 

No wonder the Number One Court at the Old Bailey was packed to the rafters on May 8, 1979, as the trial of Jeremy Thorpe and three associates began.

 

A week earlier, Margaret Thatcher had swept into Number 10 as the first female Prime Minister - her former opponent Thorpe, once seen as a potential Liberal PM, had lost his seat to the Tories.

 

But over the next 31 days Jeremy Thorpe was to lose everything as his political career and personal reputation were engulfed in a gay sex scandal.

 

Full Story: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/true-story-behind-bbcs-very-12291322

Peter Cook did an absolutely hilarious send up the Judge's summing up in the trial. I'd recommend you search for it.

3 hours ago, Cats4ever said:

Peter Cook did an absolutely hilarious send up the Judge's summing up in the trial. I'd recommend you search for it.

A comment at the time was " I'll be buggered if I join the young liberals '

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