Arab Times

Ex-UK MP jailed:

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A former British lawmaker was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for sexually assaulting two women a decade apart.

Judge Philippa Whipple told Charlie Elphicke he was “a sexual predator who used your success and respectabi­lity as a cover.”

The judge said Elphicke had told “a pack of lies” in court, while his victims had shown “great courage” and told the truth.

Elphicke, a former Conservati­ve legislator, was convicted in July at London’s Southwark Crown Court of three counts of assault against two victims.

One victim said Elphicke, 49, kissed her and groped her at his London home in 2007 before chasing her around the residence chanting “I’m a naughty Tory.”

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