An absurd but horrifying scene has been described on the trial of former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke. It’s alleged that, after making an attempt to power himself on a girl, he chased her “like a sketch from ‘The Benny Hill Present’.”
Elphicke, who represented Dover between 2010 and 2019, is accused of three counts of sexual assault towards two totally different girls. One of many alleged episodes occurred at his household house in 2007, the prosecution instructed Southwark Crown Court docket on Monday.
The sufferer, who was in her 30 on the time, was invited by Elphicke to share a bottle of wine. The MP enquired about his visitor’s sexual pursuits and implied he was into “bondage and whips” earlier than leaning over her, groping her breast and making an attempt to kiss her, jurors have been instructed.
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The lady rejected his advances, so he chased her across the kitchen, the prosecutor mentioned.
“He was chanting in a sing-song means: ‘I am a naughty Tory, I am a naughty Tory,’ as if it was the varsity playground,” the outline went. “He was very animated, excitable, and clearly having fun with himself, chanting in direction of her and slapping her backside.”
The sufferer relayed the small print of the incident to her brother and a buddy, the courtroom was instructed. She described the previous MP’s habits as being “ridiculous, like a sketch from [British comedy series] ‘The Benny Hill Present’.”
Nevertheless, the lady didn’t come ahead with any accusations towards Elphicke till after his title appeared on a listing of alleged sexual offenders revealed by parliament in 2017.
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The 2 different prices come from the testimony of a parliament employee in her 20s, who instructed investigators that the MP assaulted her on two events in 2016. Elphicke groped her in a parliamentary workplace and “giggled,” the prosecution mentioned, including that the staffer described her assailant as “a disgusting slobbery mess.”
Elphicke pleaded not responsible to all prices. His spouse Natalie Elphicke, who succeeded him as Dover MP, was accompanying him throughout the listening to. The trial is anticipated to proceed for not less than 4 weeks.
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