Jeremy Thorpe - from our story 'On This Day In Photos: May 7th In The 20th Century'

Former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe getting in to a car, followed by his wife Marion, on the way to the Old Bailey where he faces charges of conspiracy to murder, London, May 7th 1979. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe getting in to a car, followed by his wife Marion, on the way to the Old Bailey where he faces charges of conspiracy to murder, London, May 7th 1979. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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