Andrew Griffiths: Ex MP barred from seeing his child after landmark ruling

Former MP and minister Andrew Griffiths, who was found by a family judge to have domestically abused and raped his then-wife, the Burton MP Kate Kniveton, has been barred from seeing his child following a family court hearing in Derby last month. The final judgment comes at the end of five years of litigation which began in 2019 when Griffiths applied for contact with their toddler after Kniveton left him in the wake of a sexting scandal involving two of his female constituents. After being exposed in the Sunday Mirror, Griffiths resigned his ministerial post but hung on as the MP for Burton until he failed to be reselected. Kniveton, who took his parliamentary seat in the 2019 election standing on a domestic abuse platform, opposed his application for contact with their child, saying he posed an unacceptable risk of harm. The court-appointed guardian representing the child’s interests agreed. Read our full story on the Tortoise website.