A MAN has been convicted of raping a schoolgirl despite calling evidence from the woman who was originally chosen to lead the government's child abuse inquiry.Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss went into the witness box in support of her cleaner's 44-year-old son Phillip Chard, who has now been convicted of child rape.The retired President of the Family Division of the High Court said she was astonished by the allegations and thought it improbable that Chard was a sex offender.Lady Butler-Sloss, who...
