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British MP, Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, found guilty of sexually assaulting boy, 15, after forcing him to drink alcohol, watch porn, at a party in 2008 – Tories expel him with ‘immediate effect’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>British Labor MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been convicted for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after forcing him to drink gin at a party in 2008 <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Khan&comma; 48&comma; <strong>was on  found guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court<&sol;strong>&comma; in Yorkshire <strong>Monday<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Khan is accused of plying the teen with gin and tonic&comma; making him watch porn&comma; before leading him upstairs and making a &&num;8216&semi;move&&num;8217&semi; on him&comma; after a party at his home<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Victim&comma; now<&sol;strong> <strong>29&comma; told a jury he was left feeling &&num;8220&semi;scared&comma; vulnerable&comma; numb&comma; shocked and surprised&&num;8221&semi; after Khan touched his feet and legs&comma; coming within &&num;8220&semi;a hair&&num;8217&semi;s breadth&&num;8221&semi; of his privates&comma; as he tried to sleep in a top bunkbed<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Khan is gay and Muslim &&num;8211&semi; He has denied the sexual assault allegation <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Khan insists that he only touched the Catholic teenager&&num;8217&semi;s elbow when he &&num;8220&semi;became extremely upset&&num;8221&semi; after a conversation about his confused sexuality <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong><strong>The conservative politician unsuccessfully tried to have the trial held in secret&comma; then tried to have his &&num;8216&semi;victim&&num;8217&semi;s age altered&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong><strong>When that failed&comma; Khan requested the case be heard anonymously on the grounds that as an Ahmadi Muslim&comma; both the consumption of alcohol and homosexuality are strictly prohibited<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong><strong>Reporting of those matters he claimed&comma; would expose him to &&num;8220&semi;a risk to his safety&comma; home and abroad&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;392d2d&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>He has been expelled with &&num;8216&semi;immediate effect&&num;8217&semi; by the Conservative Party <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;Ahmad-Khan-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-404870"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Labor Imran Ahmad Khan &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was been convicted&comma; by a court in West Yorkshire&comma; UK&comma; of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after forcing him to drink gin at a party in 2008<&sol;strong> <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A member of the British parliament&comma; Imran Ahmad Khan has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after forcing him to drink gin at a party in 2008&period; <br>A court heard that the 48-year-old Tory politician&comma; representing Wakefield in West Yorkshire&comma; dragged the teenager upstairs&comma; pushed him onto a bed and asked him to watch porn during the attack at a house in Staffordshire&period; <br>The victim who is now 29&comma; told a jury he was left feeling &&num;8220&semi;scared&comma; vulnerable&comma; numb&comma; shocked and surprised&&num;8221&semi; after Khan touched his feet and legs&comma; coming within &&num;8220&semi;a hair&&num;8217&semi;s breadth&&num;8221&semi; of his privates&comma; as he tried to sleep in a top bunkbed&period; <br>Khan who is gay and a Muslim however&comma; denied the sexual assault allegation&comma; insisting that he only touched the Catholic teenager&&num;8217&semi;s elbow when he &&num;8220&semi;became extremely upset&&num;8221&semi; after a conversation about his confused sexuality&period; <br>The MP who has been suspended by the Conservative Party&comma; was on Monday April 11 found guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court&period; Following the verdict the Conservative Party said Khan&comma; who was elected as Tory MP for Wakefield in 2019&comma; had been &&num;8220&semi;expelled with immediate effect&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;Imram-Ahmad-Khan-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-404872" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"456"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan&comma; &lbrack;seen leaving court&rsqb;&comma; was expelled with &&num;8216&semi;Immediate Effect&&num;8217&semi; from the conservative Party on Monday&comma; following his conviction for sexually assaulting a teen he plied with alcohol&comma; in 2008<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The victim told the court that he believed he &&num;8220&semi;wasn&&num;8217&semi;t taken very seriously&&num;8221&semi; when he first made the allegation to the Conservative Party press office days before Khan was elected as MP for Wakefield in 2019&period; <br>He then lodged a formal a complaint to police days after Khan helped Boris Johnson win a large Commons majority by taking Wakefield in the so-called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;red wall” that had formed Labor’s heartlands in the Midlands and northern England&period; <br>The charge complaint in the Southwark Crown Court stated that Khan forced the teen to drink gin and tonic at the get-together in January 2008&period; He recalled the blue Bombay Sapphire bottle&comma; the smell of the spirit in the cut glass tumbler and the fizz of the bubbles&period; <br>&&num;8220&semi;I had it and didn&&num;8217&semi;t like it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the victim said&period; &&num;8220&semi;As it was in my mouth&comma; he kept pushing it back&period;&&num;8221&semi; Khan then dragged him onto a bed&comma; whispered &&num;8220&semi;disgusting&&num;8221&semi; things in his ear&comma; and requested he watch porn with him&period;&ast;&ast;He then touched the boy&&num;8217&semi;s groin before he &&num;8220&semi;jumped out of bed as fast as he could&&num;8221&semi; and ran to his parents &&num;8220&semi;freaked out&&num;8221&semi;&period; <br>A police report was made at the time but no further action was taken as the youngster did not want to make a formal complaint&period; The victim told jurors &&num;8220&semi;it all came flooding back&&num;8221&semi; when he learned Khan was standing in the December 2019 general election&period;<br>The judge&comma; Mr Justice Baker&comma; said he will sentence Khan at a later date&period; <br>Khan will be impeached by the House of Commons if he is sentenced to more than 12 months handed a prison&comma; otherwise he could be subject to a recall&period; <br>The Wakefield native has said he intends to appeal his conviction&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;Imran-Ahmad-Khan-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-404876" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"625"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Khan tried to have the trail held in secret&comma; tried to have his victim&&num;8217&semi;s age altered &comma; when that failed&comma; requested the case be heard anonymously on the grounds that as an Ahmadi Muslim&comma; both the consumption of alcohol and homosexuality are strictly prohibited&comma; and the reporting of those matters would expose him to &&num;8220&semi;a risk his safety&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">After graduating from Kings College&comma; London&comma; Khan began his career with the United Nations before joining global advertising giants&comma; M&amp&semi;C Saatchi&period; <br>In 2019&comma; he ousted incumbent Labor MP&comma; Mary Creagh&comma; at the general election&period; <br>Details of his sexual assault trial broke after the the court denied several anonymity pleas by the defense&period; <br>Following Monday&&num;8217&semi;s guilty verdict&comma; it can now be reported that Khan had attempted to have the case heard in camera&comma; arguing that as a serving MP there were concerns about his safety&comma; therefore to name him in open court would breach his human rights&period; <br>He reportedly&comma; also attempted to have the age of his victim withheld&period; However&comma; his applications were denied by Chief Magistrate&comma; Paul Goldspring&comma; who observed that&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Damage to reputation is not a ground for making of an order&comma; open justice is and should remain a cornerstone of democracy and the rule of law&period;&&num;8221&semi; <br>In a third legal maneuver&comma; on the first day of the trial&comma; Khan requested the case be heard anonymously on the grounds that as an Ahmadi Muslim&comma; both the consumption of alcohol and homosexuality are strictly prohibited&comma; and the reporting of those matters would expose him to &&num;8220&semi;a risk to his safety both here and abroad&&num;8221&semi;&period; <br>A temporary banning order was put in place but was lifted at the end of the second day of the trial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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