R v Thorpe and Others (1979)

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R v Thorpe and Others (1979) was the high-profile criminal trial in which former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and co-defendants were prosecuted over an alleged conspiracy to murder Norman Scott.

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Generate an image of a r v Thorpe and Others (1979) (R v Thorpe and Others (1979) was the high-profile criminal trial in which former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and co-defendants were prosecuted over an alleged conspiracy to murder Norman Scott.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court case ⓘ
criminal trial ⓘ
legal proceeding ⓘ
allegation conspiracy to murder Norman Scott ⓘ
allegedVictim Norman Scott ⓘ
charge conspiracy to murder ⓘ
incitement to murder ⓘ
chronology follows alleged shooting of Norman Scott’s dog Rinka ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAccusedRole former Liberal Party leader ⓘ
hasComplainant Norman Scott ⓘ
hasContext British politics ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
hasCourtType Crown Court ⓘ
hasDefendant David Holmes ⓘ
George Deakin ⓘ
Jeremy Thorpe ⓘ
John Le Mesurier ⓘ
hasJudge Sir Joseph Cantley ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasOutcome all defendants acquitted ⓘ
hasOutcomeForJeremyThorpe acquittal ⓘ
hasSignificance major British political scandal of the 1970s ⓘ
raised questions about political influence on justice system ⓘ
hasTheme homosexuality and blackmail allegations ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
involvesPoliticalFigure Jeremy Thorpe ⓘ
legalSystem English criminal law ⓘ
locationJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive ⓘ
notableFor high-profile political scandal ⓘ
prosecution of a former party leader ⓘ
precededBy resignation of Jeremy Thorpe as Liberal Party leader ⓘ
relatedTo Jeremy Thorpe scandal ⓘ
subjectMatter attempted contract killing of Norman Scott ⓘ
timePeriod late 1970s ⓘ
year 1979 ⓘ

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Jeremy Thorpe → trial → R v Thorpe and Others (1979) ⓘ
George Deakin → participantIn → R v Thorpe and Others ⓘ
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