{"id":19122,"date":"2021-06-18T21:50:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T01:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19122"},"modified":"2021-06-18T21:50:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T01:50:11","slug":"imran-ahmad-khan-wakefield-mp-charged-with-sex-assault-on-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/06\/18\/imran-ahmad-khan-wakefield-mp-charged-with-sex-assault-on-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Ahmad Khan: Wakefield MP charged with sex assault on boy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Conservative MP is to stand trial charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Imran Ahmad Khan, MP for Wakefield in West Yorkshire, denies sexually touching the teenager in Staffordshire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 47-year-old appeared before Westminster magistrates via video-link on Thursday. Reporting restrictions on the case were lifted on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His solicitor said the allegation against the MP, who was elected in 2019, would be “vigorously defended”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During Thursday’s hearing Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring said the case was not suitable for trial in the magistrates’ court and sent the case to the Old Bailey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Granting Mr Ahmad Khan unconditional bail, he said his next court appearance would be on 15 July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement posted on Twitter, Mr Ahmad Khan said he denied the accusation “in the strongest terms”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Following the hearing a spokesperson for the Conservative Party said: “Imran Ahmad Khan has had the whip suspended. As there is an ongoing court case we will not be commenting further.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Suspending the whip in Parliament means he will sit as an independent, but doesn’t mean he has been expelled from the party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said it had made the decision to charge Mr Ahmad Khan “after reviewing a file of evidence from Staffordshire Police”.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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