Tory MP Crispin Blunt has resigned as Chair of a cross-party LGBT+ group following backlash over his defence of Imran Ahmad Khan, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy
Khan, who was expelled from the Party with "immediate effect", dragged the teenager upstairs, pushed him onto a bed and asked him to watch pornography before the attack at a house in Staffordshire, a court heard.
"As a former Justice Minister I was prepared to testify about the truly extraordinary sequence of events that has resulted in Imran being put through this nightmare start to his Parliamentary career. I hope for the return of Imran Ahmad Khan to the public service that has exemplified his life to date.
Labour MP for the Rhondda, Chris Bryant said: "This is completely inappropriate. I have written to complain and to resign from the LGBT APPG which Crispin chairs." During Khan's trial, the victim, now 29, told the court he ran to his parents and a police report was made at the time, but no further action was taken because the youngster did not want to make a formal complaint.But he told jurors "it all came flooding back" when he learned Khan was standing in the December 2019 general election.
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