Tory MPs who wrote to judges during Charlie Elphicke sexual assault trial under investigation
Parliament’s 'sleaze' watchdog is also investigating Boris Johnson over a £15,000 holiday he took to Mustique with his fiancée
10 May 2021 • 9:24pm
Natalie Elphicke, pictured alongside her husband and former MP Charlie Elphicke, is one of the Conservative MPs under investigation
Credit: Dominic Lipinski /PA
Five Conservative MPs who used Commons stationery to lobby judges over a former colleague's sexual assault case are being investigated by Parliament’s "sleaze" watchdog.
Natalie Elphicke, the MP for Dover, signed a letter to the president of the Queen’s Bench Division and the senior presiding judge for England and Wales concerning a character reference constituents provided for her former husband, Charlie Elphicke. He was later found guilty of three counts of sexual assault against two women and sentenced to two years imprisonment last July.