Norman Pender

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]

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

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. "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. "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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