Norman Pender
| Birth name | Norman Ewart Ker Pender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 February 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bridlington, England, U.K. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | 24 August 2021 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norman Ewart Ker Pender (1 February 1948 – 24 August 2021) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] After rugby, he became a Liberal Democrat councillor. He was found guilty of sexual assault in 2014.[2] He died from a suspected heart attack in August 2021, at the age of 73.[3]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Pender played club rugby for Hawick Trades and then Hawick.[4]
Provincial career
[edit]Pender was capped by South of Scotland District.[4]
International career
[edit]Pender was capped for Scotland 'B' three times between 1975 and 1977.
He earned four caps for Scotland.[5][6]
Political career
[edit]Pender was a councillor for the Liberal Democrats on the Scottish Borders Council between 1998 and 2003.[7]
Indecent behaviour
[edit]Pender was charged with rape in October 2013,[8] and was found guilty of three charges of lewd and libidinous behavior, and one charge of sexual assault in December 2013. The rape charge was not proven.[9]
He was jailed for six years in 2014 and placed on the sex offenders’ register.[7]
In 2018 he was sued for £650,000 in damages by one of the victims.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Norman Ewart Ker Pender". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Former Scottish rugby international Norman Pender jailed for six years for sexually abusing two girls". HeraldScotland.
- ^ Ex-Scotland rugby international and abuser dies with £650k compensation unpaid
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Profile". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Norman Pender - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "Former Scotland rugby player Norman Pender jailed". www.scotsman.com.
- ^ "Ex-Scotland rugby player Norman Pender denies rape charge". BBC News. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ Cramb, Auslan (19 December 2013). "Former Scotland rugby international guilty of abusing young girls". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ Mulholland, James. "Sex abuse victims sue rugby star Norman Pender for £650,000 damages" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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