Giving evidence in court, Charlie Elphicke wept as he listed a number of regrets that he had. Immediately after the conviction, Elphicke’s wife Natalie announced that she has left him. First he quizzed the woman about her sex life, asking if she was into bondage and whether she liked ‘silk or leather’. Attending a private dinner, the activist said Elphicke, accompanied by wife Natalie, spotted that the woman, some years his junior, was wearing a diamond engagement ring. Asked if he had ever told his wife about the payments, Elphicke told police: ‘No.’The second victim told how in 2016, she found herself in Elphicke’s company sharing a bottle of champagne in Westminster.

Source: Daily Mail July 30, 2020 21:02 UTC