Crispin Blunt criticised for remarks about Imran Ahmad Khan conviction

BBC News says Conservative MP Crispin Blunt is facing criticism after defending a fellow Tory MP convicted of sexual assault.

Imran Ahmad Khan, who has represented the Wakefield constituency since 2019, was found guilty on Monday of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008.

Mr Blunt called the verdict a “dreadful miscarriage of justice” although he gave no specifics.

Labour called the comments “disgraceful” and said he should be suspended from the Conservative Party.

Five members of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for global LGBT+ rights, which Mr Blunt chairs, have also said they will resign in response.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61075923

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