Gropegate Story Shattered by Surprise Witness of Unimpeachable Credibility

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Anthony Gilberthorpe, former Gloucestershire county councillor and party activist: 1987: Announced his engagement in the Times to Miss Leah Bergdorf-Hunt. "But there was no engagement, and indeed no Miss Bergdorf-Hunt. As revealed in [Private Eye] 690, the whole thing was a fantasy." 1988: Sued three newspapers over a story that the reporter said came from Gilberthorpe himself. "The three newspapers appealed, and dug out new information which cast serious doubt on the ...