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Norman Pender

Norman Pender

Scotland international rugby union player (1948–2021)

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]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Pender played club rugby for Hawick Trades and then Hawick.[4]

Provincial career

Pender was capped by South of Scotland District.[4]

International career

Pender was capped for Scotland 'B' three times between 1975 and 1977.

He earned four caps for Scotland.[5][6]

Political career

Pender was a councillor for the Liberal Democrats on the Scottish Borders Council between 1998 and 2003.[7]

Indecent behaviour

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

  1. [1]
    "Norman Ewart Ker Pender". ESPN scrum.
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    "Former Scottish rugby international Norman Pender jailed for six years for sexually abusing two girls". HeraldScotland.
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    Ex-Scotland rugby international and abuser dies with £650k compensation unpaid
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    "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
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    "Profile". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
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    "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Norman Pender - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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    "Former Scotland rugby player Norman Pender jailed". www.scotsman.com.
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    "Ex-Scotland rugby player Norman Pender denies rape charge". BBC News. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
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    Cramb, Auslan (19 December 2013). "Former Scotland rugby international guilty of abusing young girls". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  10. [10]
    Mulholland, James. "Sex abuse victims sue rugby star Norman Pender for £650,000 damages" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.


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