Married former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke is facing the “very real possibility” of jail after being convicted of sexually assaulting two women in near-identical circumstances. The jury at Southwark Crown Court dismissed the 49-year-old’s claims his accusers were lying, instead believing victims who gave tearful evidence during a three-and-a-half week trial. Elphicke, a former lawyer who admitted lying to police, his wife and party bosses when the allegations were first put to him, was MP for Dover between 2010 and 2019. Judge Mrs Justice Whipple released Elphicke on bail to be sentenced in September.