Tributes have been paid to the former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe who died today aged 85 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.
Thorpe's son Rupert announced that the politician, who headed the party in the 1960s and 1970s and once stood trial at the Old Bailey for conspiracy to murder, died this morning after.....
struggling with the illness for more than three decades.
Thorne, who became the Liberal leader in 1967 was credited with reviving the party's fortunes in the 1970s, but his glittering career ended in disgrace when he was embroiled in a gay sex scandal.
Although he hailed the acquittal as a 'complete vindication' and had always claimed he was innocent, the scandal ruined his political career.
Thorpe, a lawyer by profession, strenuously denied any such relationship - a crime punishable by prison at the time.
Once voted Britain's favourite politician, Thorpe resigned as party leader in 1976, after Mr Scott alleged they had had a homosexual relationship in the 1960s.
Thorpe was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease shortly after he was cleared of conspiring to murder Norman Scott in 1979, a former male model who had claimed to be his lover.
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