As the allegations against Lord Rennard continue to emerge – and confusion continues over who knew what, and when, here is a timeline of the allegations, according to The Telegraph’s correspondence from 2010, and Cathy Newman’s Channel 4 News report from the 21st February 2013.
2003
Bridget Harris, who left her position as Clegg’s Spad just a few months ago, alleges that Rennard behaved in an ‘inappropriate’ manner, touching her legs three times whilst having coffee at a conference in Swansea in 2003. He then invited her up to his room, an incident which she then reported to her line managers.
2004
At an ‘away day’ in Peterborough, in 2004, Lord Rennard allegedly invited an intern to a Lib Dem MP up to his room. He then ‘propositioned her’, after which she fled in tears into a large group including senior party officials – an incident which allegedly then became known as the ‘Peterborough incident’.
2004
September: At the Lib Dem party conference in Bournemouth, Rennard is said
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