# Farage campaign security guard had faced rape charge before prison sentence

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- The Guardian, 2026-10-30 06:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/30/security-guard-who-protected-nigel-farage-jailed-ryan-dinnage

> Ryan Dinnage, who protected Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during the local election campaign, was facing a rape charge at the time. He was later convicted of raping a woman as she slept and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison, prompting questions about vetting failures.