Norman Pender

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Norman Pender
Birth nameNorman Ewart Ker Pender
Date of birth(1948-02-01)1 February 1948
Place of birth Bridlington, England, U.K.
Place of death24 August 2021(2021-08-24) (aged 73)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Hawick Trades ()
– Hawick ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
South of Scotland ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1975-77 Scotland 'B' 3
1977–78 Scotland 4 (0)

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. ↑ "Norman Ewart Ker Pender". ESPN scrum.
  2. ↑ "Former Scottish rugby international Norman Pender jailed for six years for sexually abusing two girls". HeraldScotland.
  3. ↑ Ex-Scotland rugby international and abuser dies with £650k compensation unpaid
  4. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ↑ "Profile". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Norman Pender - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  7. 1 2 "Former Scotland rugby player Norman Pender jailed". www.scotsman.com.
  8. ↑ "Ex-Scotland rugby player Norman Pender denies rape charge". BBC News. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Cramb, Auslan (19 December 2013). "Former Scotland rugby international guilty of abusing young girls". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  10. ↑ Mulholland, James. "Sex abuse victims sue rugby star Norman Pender for £650,000 damages" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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