Ex-Tory MP fails in bid to appeal against jail term for sexual assault

Charlie Elphicke was sentenced to two years last year after being found guilty of three counts of assault

The former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has failed in an attempt to seek leave to appeal against his two-year sentence for sexual assaults against two women.

The judge who oversaw his trial was right to conclude that the former politician was someone prepared to exploit women for sexual purposes, judges at the court of appeal ruled.