Cabinet minister 'lobbied Boris Johnson to help Charlie Elphicke'

Exclusive: PM ‘initially sympathetic’ but was warned against helping MP accused of sexual assaultA cabinet minister lobbied the prime minister to help Charlie Elphicke after the Tory MP was charged with sexual assault, the Guardian has been told.Questions resurfaced about the Conservative party’s handling of the case last week after Elphicke was convicted of three counts of sexual assault against two women in 2007 and 2016. He is due to be sentenced later this year and faces a potential jail term. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/03/cabinet-minister-lobbied-boris-johnson-help-charlie-elphicke #conservatives #uk_news #politics #boris_johnson #rape_and_sexual_assault