Wakefield MP Khan was found guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008 and expelled from the Tory party after the verdict. But Mr Blunt described the conviction as a “terrible judicial injustice” and “nothing less than an international scandal”. Southwark Crown Court heard how Khan, a gay Muslim elected to parliament in 2019, forced the victim to drink alcohol, pulled him up, pushed him on a bed and asked him to watch pornography before attacking a house in Staffordshire. However, Mr Blunt, who appeared in court in London on Monday, said the case was “based on lazy trophies for LGBT + people”, adding that the result had “tremendously wider implications” for LGBT Muslims “across the country. people”. Labor MPs condemned Mr Blunt’s challenge to the jury’s verdict, with party leader and shadow equality secretary Anneliese Dodds saying the comments were “disgraceful”. He called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Tory President Oliver Dowden to “take action” against the former Justice Minister and to “distance their party from his comments”. Mr Blunt, a Reigate MP, emerged as gay in 2010 and chairs the cross-party LGBT + group. Image: Imran Ahmad Khan has not yet been convicted, but plans to appeal the verdict On Monday night, Labor MP Chris Bryant and SNP’s Stuart MacDonald were among the group members who resigned in protest. Bryant said Blunt’s comments were “completely inappropriate” and MacDonald wrote on Twitter: “Parliament needs a respectable and strong LGBT group and Crispin can no longer offer that leadership.” Veteran Tory MP Sir Peter Bottomley, the father of the House of Commons, also appeared in court on Monday and told the PA news agency: “It was not the verdict I was waiting for. “Unless overturned after the appeal, the jury verdict after the summary must be respected.” Khan has not yet been convicted, but his legal team has said it plans to appeal the verdict. A Tories spokesman, when asked if the party agreed with Mr Blunt, reiterated that Hahn had been ousted from Boris Johnson’s dress, adding: “Our view is quite clear.”
