Daily Mirror

Tears of woman ‘groped’ by Tory

- BY TOM PETTIFOR Crime Editor louie.smith@ mirror.co.uk @smith_louie

Joyce, 59, had a 51-second clip involved several children of ages ranging from 12 months to seven years, a court heard.

The former Army major pleaded guilty to one charge of making an indecent photograph of a child in a Category A film between 2013 and 2018.

Ipswich crown court heard that he received the video in a spam email but admitted knowing about it.

His lawyer Mark Shelley said the video was synced on to a Macbook Air computer when Joyce upgraded his laptop.

Joyce, who quit the Labour Party in 2012 after headbuttin­g a Tory rival in a House of Commons bar, also searched for indecent images online while having issues with alcohol. Judge Emma Peters

A WOMAN wept as she told how former Conservati­ve MP Charlie Elphicke allegedly groped her while chanting “I’m a naughty Tory”.

The woman, who can’t be named, said after they had shared a bottle of wine, Elphicke, 49, “jumped” on her.

His children were asleep upstairs in his Central London home and his wife was away at the time in 2007. She told Southwark crown court: “I

Former MP Joyce said: “At the time, he was drinking heavily but he has since undergone work with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation and seen a psychother­apist.”

She told him he could be jailed when sentenced next month.

She said she was making “no promises”, adding: “It’s going to be a question of whether it’s

Victims in the content will take a long time to recover

was shocked and scared.” Speaking via video-link, the woman, then in her 30s, said: “He started saying ‘Do you like silk and leather?’ and bondage. I was just thinking ‘Oh god, how embarrassi­ng’.”

She said he then “basically jumped” on her, adding: “He tried to kiss me and was groping my breast.” She then “ran off ”, pursued by Elphicke, and got

Elphicke

SPOKESMAN FOR NSPCC CHILDREN’S CHARITY into a taxi. He allegedly contacted her later, saying he didn’t want his wife to know and would pay her. Prosecutor Eloise Marshall asked: “Did you agree?” She said: “Yes.” Elphicke denies three counts of sexual assault against two women, between 2007 and 2016. He was elected Dover MP in 2010 and stood down in 2019. His wife, Natalie, succeeded him. The trial continues.

Kate Garraway near her home yesterday

T¤¦Ì CREATUREı

ç-2

QUESTION 5 Whitish tropical insect that lives in large colonies and can cause damage to wooden buildings. .................................................

QUESTION 6 — and Dec, TV presenting duo. .................................................

CHECK TODAY’S SOLUTIONS NOW!

TERMS & CONDITIONS:

Texts cost £1 + 1 standard network rate message. SP Mi Telecom Ltd. Helpdesk 0330 880 6060. Min age 18+. All lines close midnight tonight except where stated. Standard Mirror Rules apply, see www.mirror.co.uk/rules

 ??  ?? LOVE
DISGRACE
ACCUSED
ANXIOUS
LOVE DISGRACE ACCUSED ANXIOUS

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom