| Norman Pender | |
| Birth Name: | Norman Ewart Ker Pender |
| Birth Date: | 1948 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Bridlington, England, U.K. |
| Position: | Prop |
| Amatteam1: | Hawick Trades |
| Amatteam2: | Hawick |
| Province1: | South of Scotland |
| Repteam1: | Scotland 'B' |
| Repteam2: | Scotland |
| Repyears1: | 1975-77 |
| Repyears2: | 1977–78 |
| Repcaps1: | 3 |
| Repcaps2: | 4 |
| Reppoints2: | 0 |
Norman Ewart Ker Pender (1 February 1948 – 24 August 2021) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] After rugby, he became a Liberal Democrat councillor. He was found guilty of sexual assault in 2014.[2] He died from a suspected heart attack in August 2021, at the age of 73.[3]
Pender played club rugby for Hawick Trades and then Hawick.[4]
Pender was capped by South of Scotland District.[4]
Pender was capped for Scotland 'B' three times between 1975 and 1977.
He earned four caps for Scotland.[5] [6]
Pender was a councillor for the Liberal Democrats on the Scottish Borders Council between 1998 and 2003.[7]
Pender was charged with rape in October 2013,[8] and was found guilty of three charges of lewd and libidinous behavior, and one charge of sexual assault in December 2013. The rape charge was not proven.[9]
He was jailed for six years in 2014 and placed on the sex offenders’ register.[7]
In 2018, he was sued for £650,000 in damages by one of the victims.[10]