Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan found guilty of sexually assaulting boy, 15, at party

A Tory MP has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after forcing him to drink gin and tonic at a party. A court heard how Imran Ahmad Khan dragged the teenager upstairs, pushed him onto a bed and asked him to watch pornography before the attack at a house in Staffordshire in 2008.

The 48-year-old MP for Wakefield, West Yorkshire, denied sexual assault, claiming he only touched the teenager’s elbow because he was "extremely upset” after a conversation about his confused sexuality. But today, the MP was found guilty by a jury after around five hours of deliberations at Southwark Crown Court.

The victim told a jury he was left feeling “scared, vulnerable, numb, shocked and surprised” after Khan touched his feet and legs, coming within “a hair’s breadth” of his privates, as he tried to sleep in a top bunkbed. 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.

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However, he told jurors in court that “it all came flooding back” when he learned Khan was standing in the December 2019 general election. He made an allegation to the Conservative Party press office days before the politician won the red wall seat, however he said he said wasn’t “taken very seriously”.

Khan, who was sent a questionnaire by Staffordshire Police rather than being interviewed under caution at a station because of “Covid protocols in place at the time”, denied sexual assault.

The victim said he “vividly” remembered the gin bottle Khan took to the party, the smell of the spirit in the glass tumbler, and the fizz of the bubbles as he was