The MP Who Raped His Wife

...and how he tried to stop you knowing

There is a long history of men trying to get away with their crimes against women. These crimes take place all over the world, they cross every background and every class – you will find whispers of these crimes in council estates or royal courts. And, even in our own Houses of Parliament where bills are passed to legislate against these very same crimes, the ones that those voting for them could well be guilty of committing themselves.

Often you will never hear about these crimes, because the trials take place not in criminal courts, but during Family Court Fact Finding Hearings where, on the balance of probability, judges decree whether men like these are guilty or not. It is some justice for the women who have suffered. Yet journalists cannot report on Family Court, and those women who have at last been heard, may not speak of what has gone on behind those closed doors.

Or at least, not always.

But they can today.

Former MP Andrew Griffiths has been trying to stop you hearing about his…