Roger Everest

Roger Joseph Everest, (born 1939) is a Welsh barrister and independent parliamentary candidate.[1]

He was educated at Llandaff Cathedral School, Kingswood School, Bath, and the University of Wales. He contested the Caerphilly constituency for the Conservative Party in the February 1974 general election, and the Brecon and Radnor by-election in July 1985 as a One Nation Conservative. He fought the 1997 Winchester by-election as an independent and fought the 1999 Eddisbury by-election[2] and the constituency of Cheltenham in the 2001 general election under the same banner.

He defended Robert Ashman on charges of murder of Andrew Pennington and attempted murder of the Liberal Democrat MP, Nigel Jones MP.[3] He later stood as an independent candidate against Nigel Jones in Cheltenham.[4]

In 2003 he gained some attention to his claim that he had been refused an appointment as a circuit judge because he was not a Freemason.[5] In 2012 he called for a police corruption case related to the Murder of Lynette White to be reopened.[6]

He is a former member of the Bow Group.

References
  1. RESULTS OF BYELECTIONS TO THE 52nd UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENT
  2. Independent Euro Conservative: Out with pound, BBC news website, 1999
  3. Man to stand trial over sword charge, 23 March 2000, BBC
  4. Barrister challenges sword attack MP, 28 May 2001
  5. Freemason 'closed shop' blocked me, says barrister, Martin Shipton, Western Mail (Wales), Aug 20 2003
  6. Barrister calls for retrial in Lynette corruption case, South Wales Echo, January 31, 2012


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