'I said: 'I'm not going to be threatened and bullied by you.' THE wife of disgraced ex-MP Charlie Elphicke has laid bare the emotional toll her husband's trial and conviction for sexual assaults has taken on their two children. Natalie Cecilia Elphicke OBE (ne Ross; born 5 November 1970)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician and finance lawyer. As for his punishment which has been condemned by some, including, extraordinarily, the betrayed Natalie Elphicke, for being too harsh Mrs Pears says it wasn't severe enough. She believes Elphicke should be locked up for five years, more than double his current jail term, because of the extreme distress he caused his victims. I love you so much and I miss you every day.'. [14] Upon his election, Elphicke served as a member of the Public Administration Select Committee (which scrutinises the civil service) and the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills. [80], In 2012, Elphicke was living in London with his wife Natalie (ne Ross), two children,[94] and Star, the 2012 Westminster Dog of the Year. He said in response: "I am completely confident I will be able to prove my innocence. 'He tried to pull the mop off my hands and he was physically aggressive. [23][24], In October 2012, the Public Accounts Committee reviewed the Charities Act 2006, which no longer assumed that advancement of religion was beneficial per se, but had to serve a public interest. A second assault took place at a later date behaviour he later justified as him being lovestruck, or taking a chance by propositioning the women. [13], Elphicke was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Dover constituency on 8 November 2019. 'It has broken my heart that I don't see Natalie,' says Mrs Pears. Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke (born 14 March 1971) is a British former politician, former solicitor and convicted sex offender. During his trial, the court heard how Elphicke's daughter has cut all ties with her father, and also lost her place at an Oxbridge university after her grades faltered. But few will have been driven to the kind of explosive fury that she has for hers. Elphicke argued in the House of Commons that the process of taking back control from the EU should be carried out in a manner that respected the sovereignty of Parliament. Last month Elphicke, 49, was jailed for two years for sexually assaulting two vulnerable young women and branded a 'sexual predator' by a judge. 'He just thought it was a laugh,' he went on. Elphicke became a Government whip, a Lord Commissioner (Lord of the Treasury), following the 2015 general election,[7] but was sacked in July 2016 when Theresa May replaced Cameron as Prime Minister. 'He collected wines and had a complete wine cellar,' she says. [80], On 12 December 2018 Elphicke had the Conservative whip reinstated prior to a confidence vote in Theresa May. The trust would be given 'up to date' powers to raise funds for investment. However, an application to disclose the names of these MPs has been blocked by the defence barrister, who claims the reports contain private information. 'I said I would love to see her, but I haven't had a reply to that. Elphicke assaulted a Parliamentary worker. One can see how, perhaps, a wife with almost saintly forbearance might feel she is helping to rehabilitate a troubled husband by getting him back on his feet. 'But when we went in, it was a Church of England church, not a Catholic one. All this, despite enduring the indignity of hearing her husband admitting to pursuing both of his victims for sex although he denied assault and confessing to a two-year affair with a third young woman. 'He is someone who has abused women and I feel like he has used his position [as a politician]. [14] Dover had previously been represented by her husband Charlie, who had stood down after being charged with three counts of sexual assault against two women. Some marriages end in a whimper, fizzling out after years of unspoken grievance. She left in 2013 to found Million Homes, Million Lives, with Calum Mercer, a former finance director at Circle Housing. [3] He served half of his term and was released in September 2021 from an open prison in Gloucestershire. Revealed: The top 10 fastest-growing destinations for UK pensioners retiring overseas. Whether it be at professional, social or family occasions, Mrs Pears insists Elphicke has 'always been a predator'. He denied the charges, but was found guilty of one count of sexual assault in. Should anyone claim to know the dark side of Charlie Elphicke, it is Mrs Pears and her husband, Les, first-hand witnesses, as they describe today, to his consistently inappropriate behaviour, which was often, to their despair, shamelessly exhibited in front of friends, family and colleagues. 'I hoped being separate from him would make her realise she can manage on her own. Not so shipshape! [29] After leaving government, Elphicke served on the Public Accounts Committee and Treasury Select Committee respectively. Overall he said ten technology companies receiving more than 1.8billion from the taxpayer paid 78million in taxes on UK earnings of just over 17.5billion of turnover. She said that people make these journeys "in the hands of ruthless criminal gangs". [35] He became vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group FairFuelUK an organisation committed to reducing fuel duty[36] having previously served as its chairman. Then, in 2015 he started a two-year affair with a second young woman whom he had met through his work. [41] The People's Port campaign also interested the Labour Party's then head of Policy, Jon Cruddas MP, who appeared to see it as a mutual ownership model for national assets that could be adopted by the party. The 49-year-old, who represented the Kent constituency of Dover from 2010 until last year, was convicted in July of the charges, two in relation to a parliamentary worker. [11] It involved canvassing the views of over 400 organisations up and down the country. [2][3], Prior to the her parliamentary career, Elphicke specialised in housing finance and conservative policy development. 5. . Elphicke is a Freeman of the City of London. Charlie Elphicke's wife Natalie, the MP for Dover, supported him during the trial Natalie Elphicke, the current Conservative MP for Dover, ended the couple's 25-year marriage after his conviction. Elphicke, who was the MP for Dover between 2010 and 2019, told police he kissed the woman, who he said was feeding him chocolate and had become "tactile" in the moments before, but stopped as . [70][bettersourceneeded], On 24 May 2013 Elphicke wrote an article for The Daily Telegraph concluding: "Amazon, Google and Starbucks are just the very small tip of a very, very large iceberg. Today Charlie Elphicke, the ex-MP for Dover was sentenced to two years in prison for three counts of sexual assault after a trial at Southwark Crown Court. [3][35] After his conviction in July 2020 for sexual assault, she announced that they had separated after a 25-year marriage. At the 2019 general election, she was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover, succeeding her husband Charlie Elphicke.. [27], On 15 October 2012, Downing Street announced Elphicke's appointment as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Minister for Europe David Lidington. [59] Elphicke was shortlisted for the Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Award in 2015 for his work on the Families Need Fathers campaign, and he remains in the directory of the Grassroot Diplomat Who's Who publication. Oxfam had called for all parties to reduce food poverty in the UK; its posters highlighted a "perfect storm", which included references to zero-hour contracts, unemployment and benefit cuts. Mrs Pears is concerned for her daughter and fears silver-tongued Elphicke whom she calls Charles could use this opportunity to wheedle his way back into Natalie's affections. 'I think it is appalling. [5][6] He also had experience working in the pharmaceutical research industry. [92] He was nonetheless ordered to pay 35,000 within a year towards the costs of the prosecution. [84][85][86] He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 6 September 2019 and denied all three charges. He was all over me.'. At the same time as Elphicke pushed this issue up the domestic UK news agenda, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, raised it at the G20 meeting in Mexico City. Elphicke said the Commission was "committed to the suppression of religion". The allegations have emerged just days after former Tory MP Charlie Elphicke had been found guilty of sexual assault and is now awaiting sentencing. [89] Days later, however, she announced her support for him once again, saying he had been punished for being "charming, wealthy, charismatic and successful attractive, and attracted to, women" and dismissed the claims of his accusers. "[44], On 9 April 2014 the Shipping and Ports Minister, Stephen Hammond MP, visited Dover and paid tribute to Elphicke and the Harbour Board chair, George Jenkins, for progress made "in bridging the divide between port and town". [90] He sought leave to appeal against the sentence, but this was denied in March 2021. Her only desire is to see her daughter move on with a new life without her husband. [36] After he was sentenced in September to two years in jail for the offences, Elphicke spoke out in support of his appeal against the conviction and sentencing, as, although she felt that he had "behaved badly", she thought the sentence was "excessive" and criticised the court as being "on a bit of a mission". The 49-year-old declared himself a "naughty. Despite these shameless attempts to conceal the truth about his misdemeanours, during the trial, Elphicke's defence counsel asked the judge for 'mercy', claiming his client's life had been left in tatters even presenting 34 character references including some from 'serving MPs'. A scuffed copy of the Koran. The guest list, she says, was crammed with contacts, much in keeping with her son-in-law's habit of using every family event as a political or business opportunity. He will never have any remorse,' she says. No one can doubt the depth of Natalie's love for Elphicke immediately after his conviction, the former finance lawyer said she felt 'profound sorrow', adding: 'It ends my 25-year marriage to the only man I have ever loved.'. [88] On the day the verdict was delivered in July 2020, she confirmed on Twitter that their 25-year marriage was over due to his actions. Clearly, that wish was in vain. The union of disgraced former MP Charlie Elphicke the so-called 'naughty Tory' and his wife Natalie, both 50, certainly appeared to be the latter: a volcanic denouement which exposed Elphicke's infidelity, subjected Natalie to intense public humiliation and ended in a two-year prison sentence for Elphicke after he was convicted . Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Charles 'will NEVER build real relationship with Archie and Lili unless Harry and Meghan get new royal home': Sussexes 'to get Andrew's Buckingham Palace apartment' after Frogmore eviction made it 'incredibly complicated for family to visit again', 'Putin has STOLEN our Ukrainian children': Distraught parents tell how THOUSANDS of youngsters never returned from 'summer camps' they went to after being rounded up by Russian troopsin 'campaign' likened to ISIS abduction of Yazidi girls, When will the Beast from the East be at YOUR door? His month-long trial last summer devastatingly unpicked his disturbing behaviour, luridly detailing near identical assaults one of which saw him attempting to spank his terrified victim as he chased her around the kitchen of his family home, shouting 'I'm a naughty Tory!' Like any mother, Mrs Pears was swept up in the excitement of organising the big day. He's very keen I try to go down and maybe into the Conservative office to try to see her. His election saw the defeat of the Labour leader of Lambeth Council, Stephen Whaley. 'When she got elected [as an MP in 2019], I sent her a big bouquet of flowers from the florist and I said how proud I was. 'Now is the time to speak out about him,' she adds firmly. Mrs Pears, however, continues to pray for a turnaround: 'Natalie is sensible, I hope she has the strength and it would be better for the children to have one parent who is not associated with this type of behaviour.'. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. SHAMED Charlie Elphicke's ex-wife has slammed his two-year jail term for sex attacks on women as an "excessive sentence" this afternoon - despite leaving him over them. [18][19] For this role she earned 21,000 from May to November 2020 and earned 3,000 per month from January 2021 to April 2022 for approximately 8 hrs work per week. Natalie Cecilia Elphicke OBE (ne Ross; born 5 November 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician and finance lawyer. Complaining about his 'unhappy marriage', Elphicke plied her with champagne, after which he kissed and groped her. The former government whip, 49, dubbed himself a "naughty Tory". [63], During the second reading of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill in the House of Commons on 5 November,[64] Elphicke reiterated the rates of tax paid to HMRC by some US multinationals. 'I just so hope she has no wish to be with him. 'He just basically jumped on me,' the woman said. He did not stand for re-election at the 2019 general election and was succeeded by his wife, Natalie Elphicke. 'I have witnessed it first-hand. [19] Work planned to start in 2009 was delayed because of flood risks, but the go-ahead was given in 2012[19] and the 24 million hospital was opened in June 2015. And while Natalie has said she has filed for divorce, it seems she has not ruled out a future reconciliation, stating that they will 'make arrangements to reflect this' after his entire sentence period is complete. 'He lost his temper, started shouting at me, his face was in my face and I was really scared,' she says. Charlie Elphicke, 50, was released from Leyhill open prison in Stroud on Tuesday He was jailed last year after being found guilty of three counts of sexual assault Ex-Dover MP's wife, Natalie . As a member of the Conservative Party and later an independent, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover from 2010 to 2019.. Elphicke read law at the University of Nottingham before working as a solicitor. Grammar school-educated Natalie studied law at the University of Kent before becoming a successful finance lawyer, winning an OBE in 2015 for her services to the housing industry. [4] He was summoned back to magistrates court for non-payment of the 35,000 costs order awarded at his original trial; he claimed to be unable to pay, stating that I have no job, I have no career, I am long-term unemployed, and that he was living in a rented one bedroom flat and claiming Universal Credit. We had always been very close and we went to buy her wedding dress together.'. 'I was not surprised, having watched his behaviour at parties over many, many years. [40], She received an OBE in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to housing.[41]. 'He considers these women inferior to him. First he quizzed the woman about her sex life, asking if she was into bondage and whether she liked 'silk or leather'. 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The former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of three counts of sexual assault against two women. Boris Johnson is preparing for power as he awaits the widely expected confirmation that he has defeated Jeremy Hunt in the battle to become the UK's next prime minister. He has always been a predator :sexually, politically and personally.'. [6] She was a non-executive director of the Student Loans Company, and chair of its Audit and Risk Committee. Many of the leading companies (including Starbucks,[65] Google and Amazon.com) have been called to give evidence over this issue, most recently raised by Elphicke, in front of the Public Accounts Select Committee in November 2012. [95] Natalie Elphicke was present throughout his sexual assault trial. At the 2019 general election, she was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover, succeeding her husband Charlie Elphicke following allegations of sexual harassment. 'I wanted to use their en-suite and there he was, with another woman, the house full of people and he didn't care,' Mr Pears says. She wonders whether her granddaughter might be trying to contact her: 'Once a week I'll get a phone call and they listen to me say hello and then put the phone down. They are encouraged to bring expert witnesses into the court room in order to explain how this drug operates, and how a tiny quantity of it can have the potency of heroin or cocaine in a larger quantity. Inderdeep Bains for the Daily Mail [31][32], The instigation of additional border security following the 2016 Nice truck attack caused much publicised seven-mile queues, taking up to fourteen hours to process, on the A2 and A20. 17:00 EST 17 Sep 2021 I turned and walked out and Natalie she is Catholic, too followed. Ifeoma; Female given name. [12] At the 2010 general election Elphicke won with a 10.4% swing, the 31st-largest from Labour to Conservative and the seventh-highest figure in the South East excluding the Speaker. I just don't know if it's Charlotte trying to reach out to me. [34] The couple have a son and a daughter. [28] Upon his appointment as PPS, Elphicke stood down from the Public Administration Committee. Though Natalie, Elphicke's successor as MP for Dover and Deal, announced she was divorcing him after he was found guilty in July, she spoke out in his favour last month, claiming he had not had a fair trial, and supported his immediate appeal against his sentence. I miss her desperately.'. Complaining about his 'unhappy marriage', Elphicke plied her with champagne, after which he kissed and groped her. After she confronted Elphicke, the fallout was brutal. Her voice cracking, she says: 'Charlotte has the same birthday as me, so on my birthday I always think about her. [4], Born in Huntingdon, Elphicke was educated at the independent Felsted School in Essex and Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies (CCSS) before studying law at the University of Nottingham. Eagle River review. Throughout his trial, Elphicke painted a picture of himself as lovestruck, or merely chancing his luck by 'propositioning' the women. Then he pounced on her, kissed and groped her, before chasing her around the house chanting 'I'm a naughty Tory' and slapping her bottom in a scene described as being straight out of a Benny Hill sketch. I don't know what else to do. [28] She was criticised for the tweets by the SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford and Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer as they coincided with a day that Christians traditionally celebrate the story of Jesus being born after Mary and Joseph had been offered refuge in a stable. Former British Conservative Party MP Charlie Elphicke has been jailed for two years after being found guilty of three counts of sexual assault against two women. Inderdeep Bains for the Daily Mail, 'Are the British going to shoot migrants?' [26][27], On Christmas Day 2021, Elphicke tweeted in a thread that although she supported helping "those in need" that it was "vital" that "the treacherous small boats crossings" were brought to an end. Elphicke read law at the University of Nottingham before working as a solicitor. [93], A campaign to present Elphicke as a victim was joined by several individuals, including the parliamentary whips who rescinded his suspension in December 2018, and his wife, Natalie (see below). [40] He became one of the 8 directors of the People's Port Community Trust who led the campaign to buy the port of Dover for the community. [55], Elphicke has been a prominent campaigner for fathers' rights, "leading a campaign by Families Need Fathers" and introducing a private members bill "to change family law and make it a legal right for children to know both of their parents". [75] In February 2015 following a report by Third Sector magazine that 32 charity bosses received over 200,000 in 2014, Elphicke expressed concern that trust in charities would be undermined and that people would not donate if they thought their pay was excessive. "[81] In April 2018, The Sunday Times reported that a rape allegation had been made against Elphicke in November 2017, at the height of the Westminster sex scandals, but that the police had not informed him of it for about five months. At times, Elphicke's coarse behaviour took their breath away, including on one occasion at his swanky Belgravia townhouse where he had an expansive wine collection in a special cellar when Les caught him with another woman in the marital bedroom during a family party. She was heckled by some protestors who blamed her party for laws that allowed the sackings to take place which she called "nonsense". The first survey through the town for a railroad was by B. H. Latrobe, in 1835. Mrs Pears and her husband Les Natalie's stepfather claim they have been first-hand witnesses to Elphicke's shameless behaviour.
