Security guard who protected Nigel Farage on campaign trail was facing rape charge
Summary
Ryan Dinnage, who provided security for Nigel Farage during Reform UK campaign events in April and May, was convicted in June of raping a woman in 2022 and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in July. Reform UK said a third-party contractor supplied Dinnage and had assured the party he was vetted; the party said it stopped using him after learning of the case.Key Facts
- Dinnage accompanied Farage at campaign events in Llandudno, Waterlooville, Worthing and Downham Market.
- Dinnage was charged in 2025, three years after the rape.
- Police said Dinnage entered a caravan where a woman was sleeping at the Royal Windsor horse show in the early hours of 16 May 2022 and raped her.
- The victim reported the crime later that day, and police arrested Dinnage the next day.
- Reform UK did not answer questions about whether it continued working with the contractor or took action against it.
- Labour called on Farage and Reform UK to explain when they learned about the charge and what steps they had taken to prevent a similar situation.
- The article also reports scrutiny of the Conservatives over former election candidate Jack Ross, who was filmed in an undercover investigation discussing contract killers.
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