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Daryll Pitcher

Daryll Pitcher was elected as Isle of Wight councillor for Wootton in the May 2013 elections.

He was elected under the banner of the UK Independence Party, one of two UKIP councillors. Daryll is also a parish councillor at Wootton.

He stood in Suffolk Coastal for UKIP in the May 2015 General Election. He came third after the Conservative and Labour candidates, achieving 8,655 votes, a 15.6% share of the total vote, gaining 9.8% on the previous UKIP result.

He became Executive member for Planning, housing and homelessness in January 2017.

In April 2023 he was sentenced for historic rape charges, committed against a girl under the age of 13, when he was a teenager in the 1990s.

He resigned as councillor on 12th July 2023.

Below are some articles in which Cllr Pitcher is mentioned.

Polling station sign on a bush

28, July 2023·1 min read

From conviction to by-election: Wootton Bridge prepares for political change

Wootton Bridge by-election sees four diverse candidates following Daryll Pitcher's contentious resignation

Polling station sign on a bench

17, July 2023·1 min read

Photo ID requirement for upcoming Wootton Bridge By-Election: All you need to know

Wootton Bridge constituents prepare for by-election to replace disgraced ex-councillor Daryll Pitcher

empty chairs in a room

14, July 2023·2 min read

Isle of Wight councillors respond as Daryll Pitcher resigns, paving way for by-election

The change in legislation that would have removed Daryll Pitcher as a councillor has been delayed by government, says Councillor Quigley

Daryll Pitcher mugshot in front of County Hall

13, July 2023·1 min read

Convicted rapist Daryll Pitcher resigns as Isle of Wight councillor sparking by-election

Disgraced Isle of Wight Councillor Daryll Pitcher resigns amidst prison sentence controversy

Daryll Pitcher mugshot in front of County Hall

14, April 2023·1 min read

Pitcher’s disqualification in limbo: Isle of Wight council confirms appeal lodged last month

Disgraced Councillor Daryll Pitcher's disqualification awaits appeal outcome; meeting absence could seal political fate

13, April 2023·1 min read

Vectis Party scrambles to reorganise: New leadership decision looms after Pitcher’s conviction

Vectis Party leader Daryll Pitcher faces prison after historic rape conviction; Vectis Party plans leadership restructure

Daryll Pitcher mugshot in front of County Hall

13, April 2023·1 min read

Isle of Wight council refuse to comment on councillor jailed on historic child rape charges

Disgraced councillor jailed; Isle of Wight council refuses comment, automatic disqualification likely under law

Jail corridor in background and mug shot of Daryll Pitcher in foreground

12, April 2023·3 min read

Isle of Wight councillor sentenced for historic rape charges: Victim suffers PTSD from the abuse (update 2)

Isle of Wight councillor, Daryll Pitcher, receives sentencing for historic rape charges

Daryll Pitcher outside County Hall

22, February 2023·1 min read

Cllr Daryll Pitcher resigns from committees, but remains as a councillor

He gave his apologies for absence at tonight's full council meeting and it was announced that he had resigned from committee positions

County Hall chamber

22, February 2023·1 min read

Calls for convicted rapist to step down from council committees and meetings

Cllr Robertson said for Cllr Pitcher to remain as chair of the Licensing Committee or to attend meetings would be "an atrocious message to women and girls across the Island"

Daryll Pitcher outside County Hall

21, February 2023·1 min read

Daryll Pitcher remains in office as a serving councillor, says Isle of Wight council

The councillor from Wootton was found guilty of two counts of rape of a girl under the age of 14, when he would have been aged between 13 and 15-years-old

Daryll Pitcher outside County Hall

20, February 2023·1 min read

Cllr Daryll Pitcher found guilty of historic child rape charges

The jury took nearly five hours to reach its decision following the six-day trial

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