I raised concerns about Charlie Elphicke 15 years ago, says ex-colleague

Lawyer who worked with Elphicke before he became MP says he was known as ‘office sex-pest’

Concerns about the behaviour of the disgraced former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke were raised with a prestigious UK law firm he worked for before entering politics, according to a lawyer who accuses him of sexual harassment.

Elphicke was jailed last month for sexual assault. Fifteen years ago, a former colleague cited Elphicke’s conduct as her reason for leaving Reed Smith LLP. She now wonders if others would not have suffered had his behaviour been “nipped in the bud”.

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