Imran Ahmad Khan

Tory MP quits as chair of parliamentary group and withdraws comment criticising conviction of colleague.

“It is completely inappropriate for a member of parliament to start attacking the judicial process like this,’” he said. Khan was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy and has been expelled from the party. “I am sorry that my defence of him has been a cause of significant upset and concern not least to victims of sexual offences,” he said.

The government has distanced itself from comments made by Tory MP Crispin Blunt questioning the conviction of his parliamentary colleague Imran Ahmad Khan. Khan ...

He needs to actively withdraw it. "If Mr Khan chooses to appeal, that is for him but a court of law has found him guilty and that is what the government believes him to be therefore." Mr Blunt described the conviction as a "dreadful miscarriage of justice" and "nothing short of an international scandal" - but on Tuesday morning his tweet on the case and statement on his website had been deleted amid a growing backlash over the comments.

A British court has found Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after forcing him to drink gin at a party in ...

Khan has since been suspended from the party. The victim said he approached the Conservative Party press office days ahead of the 2019 election that saw Khan elected to tell them what had happened but "I wasn't taken very seriously." The unnamed victim told the court he was left feeling "scared, vulnerable and numb" and that Khan applied "slow caressing" to his legs.

Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan is found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008.

He tried again to have the case heard anonymously on the first day of the trial on the grounds that as an Ahmadi Muslim, both the consumption of alcohol and homosexuality are strictly prohibited, and the reporting of those matters would expose him to "a risk to his safety both here and abroad". Following the verdict it can now be reported that Khan had attempted to have the case heard in secrecy, arguing that as a serving MP there were concerns about his safety and that to name him in court would breach his human rights. "This case has had a huge impact on the victim and his family for a number of years." The judge, Mr Justice Baker, said he would sentence Khan at a date to be fixed and he warned him "all sentencing options, including immediate custody, are being considered by the court". Jurors also heard from the complainant's older brother, who said the MP had asked if he was "a true Scotsman" and lifted his kilt, before "lunging" at him at the same party. The court heard that Khan had gone to the boy's bed and "reached in and touched his legs, reaching for, or actually touching, his groin".

Conservatives expel Wakefield MP after he was convicted of sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy.

This meant his case was judged by a separate body, an independent expert panel, whose punishment was not covered by the recall legislation. In March 2019, the then Conservative MP Chris Davies pleaded guilty to two offences under section 10 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009. The recalled MP can also stand again as a candidate. Under MPs’ recall rules introduced after the expenses scandal, any MP given a jail sentence of more than 12 months is automatically disqualified. We completely reject any allegations of impropriety against our independent judiciary, the jury or Mr Khan’s victim.” “I sat through some of the trial.

Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy at a house in Staffordshire in 2008.

He was found guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court on Monday by a jury after around five hours of deliberations. He was found guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court on Monday by a jury after around five hours of deliberations ory MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy at a house in Staffordshire in 2008.

The ex-minister was heavily criticised after describing the conviction of a fellow MP for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy as a "dreadful miscarriage ...

Earlier, a Conservative Party source had described the initial views expressed by Mr Blunt as "wholly unacceptable" and said the party expected the statement to be retracted. Khan was thrown out of the Conservative Party following the verdict on Monday but Mr Blunt initially described it as a "dreadful miscarriage of justice" and "nothing short of an international scandal". The ex-minister was heavily criticised after describing the conviction of a fellow MP for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy as a "dreadful miscarriage of justice".

A U.K. Conservative Party lawmaker has been found guilty of committing assault on a boy in 2008, in a conviction that'll likely trigger a special election.