Birth name | Norman Ewart Ker Pender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 February 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bridlington, England, U.K. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | 24 August 2021 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Pender played club rugby for Hawick Trades and then Hawick. [4]
Pender was capped by South of Scotland District. [4]
Pender was capped for Scotland 'B' three times between 1975 and 1977.
He earned four caps for Scotland. [5] [6]
Pender was a councillor for the Liberal Democrats on the Scottish Borders Council between 1998 and 2003. [7]
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]
Birth name | Norman Ewart Ker Pender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 February 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bridlington, England, U.K. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | 24 August 2021 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Pender played club rugby for Hawick Trades and then Hawick. [4]
Pender was capped by South of Scotland District. [4]
Pender was capped for Scotland 'B' three times between 1975 and 1977.
He earned four caps for Scotland. [5] [6]
Pender was a councillor for the Liberal Democrats on the Scottish Borders Council between 1998 and 2003. [7]
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]