BBC Breakfast viewers slammed journalist Rachel Burden for interrupting an interview while the guest was recounting the time he was almost shot. Rachel, 47, hosted Thursday’s show alongside C…
The two had been lovers after meeting in 1960 when being gay was banned.
Scott, who worked as a model, was said to have had a full blown affair with the politician and even had liaisons in Thorpe’s Commons room. But after they parted, Thorpe was said to have viewed Scott as a dangerous blackmailer intent on revenge - something that could have wrecked his political ambitions.Scott had been lured on to Exmoor by a hitman, who was allegedly a part-time pilot calledA police investigation led to a trial in the Old Bailey with the Liberal leader accused of conspiracy to murder along with three other men.
But the jury did not feel convinced that Thorpe, a man of "hitherto unblemished reputation" and "a national figure with a very distinguished public record" could be capable of the crime. And he was acquitted along with the others.
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