How can this man still have the Conservative whip?'Ī Conservative spokesman said: 'Mr Blunt's views are wholly unacceptable.' Labour's shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said: 'Crispin Blunt didn't have the decency to listen to the testimony of the abuse survivor but is still attacking our justice system in defence of sex offender Imran Ahmad Khan. Pressed on whether he still believes that now, he said: 'Yes, I do.'
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Mr Blunt admitted he did not attend the whole trial, but said: 'I know what decisions were made within the trial, which meant that, in my judgment, he did not get a fair trial or anything remotely like that.' 'And so this issue, then, arising for me is. A by-election will be held in Wakefield next month.īut in a new interview with BBC One's Politics South East programme, Mr Blunt stood by his earlier comments, saying: 'I didn't know Imran - I got to know him in the first few weeks of 20 and thoroughly enjoyed his company and could well see why he'd be a terrific parliamentarian with an enormous amount to contribute. Khan was thrown out of the Conservative Party and resigned his seat following the verdict. Mr Blunt, who like Khan is gay, questioned the conviction last month, and later announced he would quit his Reigate seat at the next election following an outcry at his intervention.
The Conservative Party was facing demands to strip a senior MP of the whip today after he doubled-down in his support of a former politician who carried out a sex attack on a teenage boy.įormer Justice Minister Crispin Blunt this morning repeated his claim that Imran Ahmad Khan did not receive a fair trial, after the Wakefield MP was convicted of molesting a 15-year-old.