DISGRACED Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan today finally resigned after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
The shamed politician announced he is quitting as MP for Wakefield and plans to appeal the guilty verdict delivered this week.
In an statement he apologised to his family for causing them “humiliation” – but expressed no remorse for groping his victim.
Southwark Crown Court heard that Khan, a gay Muslim elected to Parliament in 2019, forced the then-teenager to drink gin and tonic, dragged him upstairs, pushed him on to a bed and asked him to watch pornography before the attack at a house in Staffordshire in January 2008.
But today Khan, 48, said: “I don’t know how to express the shock of the past three days. I have been characterised as a sexual predator, outcast and worse.”
Vowing to challenge the verdict he continued: “While legal proceedings are ongoing , I do not believe that it would ordinarily be appropriate to resign.
“However, owing to long delays in the legal process, my constituents have already been without visible parliamentary representation for a year.”
He went on: “I have therefore regrettably come to the conclusion that it is intolerable for constituents to go years without an MP who can amplify their voiced in Parliament.”
His resignation sets up a by-election in his Red Wall seat in the coming weeks.
