Natalie Elphicke ‘lobbied justice secretary to interfere in husband’s sex offence trial’
by Sophie Wingate and Lydia Chantler-Hicks
May 11, 2024
2 minutes
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Tory defector Natalie Elphicke has been accused of lobbying the justice secretary in 2020 to interfere in her then-husband’s criminal sex offences trial.
Sir Robert Buckland has said the MP - who has now crossed the floor to Labour - approached him when he was lord chancellor and justice secretary, before the hearing of Charlie Elphicke’s case.
Ms Elphicke allegedly told Sir Robert it was reported.
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