Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Party. Thorpe's problems worsened last year, when a former pilot named Andrew Newton, who had served time in prison for shooting Scott's dog in 1975, charged that he had been hired by Thorpe and three others to kill Scott. Early in the Minehead hearings, the Crown produced witnesses who testified that Scott had threatened to tell all about his relations with Thorpe as long ago as 1965, and that Thorpe became obsessed with the political damage he might suffer if Scott were not silenced...
...Crown vs. Jeremy Thorpe...
...Crown outlined its case, Thorpe (then, as now, the Liberal M.P. for North Devon) befriended Scott in 1961, took him to Thorpe's mother's house, and initiated an affair. It lasted "at least until 1963." But by 1965, a restive Scott was threatening to make the relationship public...
There the Crown's case was taken up by the prosecution's first star witness: Peter Bessell, 57, a former Liberal M.P. and Thorpe confidant. According to Bessell, Thorpe became increasingly obsessed by the prospect of the damage that Scott's revelations could do to his political career; he even threatened to commit suicide if the story came out. First Thorpe suggested that Bessell obtain a visa for Scott, enabling him to move to the U.S. Bessell felt that this would be impossible. With that, Bessell testified, "Mr. Thorpe said, 'Then we have...
...Then, as Scott seemed less eager to reveal his relationship with Thorpe, the urgency of dealing with the problem diminished. But in 1973, said the prosecution, Scott moved to Thorpe's North Devon constituency and began to talk in the neighborhood about the liaison. In 1975, the Crown's prosecutor said, Thorpe's fellow defendant, Deakin, arranged a $20,000 murder contract with a former airline pilot, Andrew Newton, 31. The prosecution claims that Thorpe himself solicited money for the hit from an unwitting Liberal Party backer, then funneled the funds into the scheme. Bessell further said...