Imran Ahmad Khan to resign as MP after being convicted of sexually assaulting boy, 15

Imran Ahmad Khan has mentioned he'll resign as MP for Wakefield after he was discovered responsible of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.

In a press release posted on Twitter, Khan mentioned: “Whereas authorized proceedings are ongoing, I don't consider that it will ordinarily be applicable to resign.

“Nonetheless, owing to lengthy delays within the authorized course of, my constituents have already been with out seen parliamentary illustration for a yr. Even in the most effective case situation, anticipated authorized proceedings might final many extra months.

“I've due to this fact regrettably come to the conclusion that it's insupportable for constituents to go years with out an MP who can amplify their voices in Parliament.

“Representing them has been the honour of my life, and so they deserve higher than this.

Imran Ahmad Khan has introduced his intention to step down as an MP

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Khan says he'll now have the ability to "focus totally on clearing my identify"

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“Consequently I'm resigning as MP for Wakefield and withdrawing from political life."

He added: “I shall shortly write to the Parliamentary authorities to verify this.

“I'm now in a position to focus totally on clearing my identify. As I intend for this to be my solely assertion, I wish to apologise to my household and group for the humiliation this has brought about them.

“Questions surrounding sexuality in my group will not be trivial, and studying from the press about my orientation, consuming, and previous behaviour earlier than I turned an MP has not been straightforward.”

The information comes simply days after he was expelled from the Conservative Occasion with "rapid impact" on Monday.

Khan was discovered responsible of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after forcing him to drink gin at a celebration 14 years in the past.

The sufferer mentioned he wasn’t “taken very severely” when he made the allegation to the Conservative Occasion press workplace days earlier than Khan was elected because the MP for Wakefield in West Yorkshire within the December 2019 common election.

He made a grievance to police days after Khan helped Prime Minister Boris Johnson win a big Commons majority by taking Wakefield within the so-called “pink wall” that had shaped Labour’s heartlands within the Midlands and northern England.

Southwark Crown Courtroom heard how Khan pressured the teenager to drink gin and tonic, dragged him upstairs, pushed him onto a mattress and requested him to observe pornography earlier than the assault at a home in Staffordshire in January 2008.