Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, was elected Wakefield Conservative MP in West Yorkshire in 2019. He was working on a project funded by the Foreign Office at the time of the alleged incident in November 2010. The man, who was in his 20s at the time, told jurors that Khan offered him a sleeping pill as they shared a room in a Peshawar hostel. He said he later woke up and found Khan having sex with him, adding that he “pushed him and told him to stop”. The man’s allegation was detailed in Southwark Crown Court, where Khan is on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy on a bunk bed in a Staffordshire home in January 2008. He allegedly forced the young man to drink jeans, dragged him upstairs and asked him to watch pornography before touching his legs and feet. The lawmaker, who is gay and Muslim, denies the allegations – and claims he only touched the Catholic teenager’s elbow when he “became extremely upset” after a discussion about his confused sexuality. Prosecutor Sean Larkin QC told jurors Monday about the separate indictment against Khan in Peshawar, which is not part of the indictment. “It’s a different incident involving an adult in Pakistan,” he said. The man appeared as a witness after hearing that Khan had been charged with sexual assault, according to the court. Jurors heard that on the night of the alleged sexual assault, Khan and the man were at a party where everyone was drinking whiskey. Asked if he smoked marijuana, the witness said: “I think in general at events like this, if he was there, Imran and I would have it too.” Khan QC’s Gudrun Young suggested to his client “he did not like marijuana or its smell”, but the man said: “He must have smoked in front of me in the past”. Ms Young said the man’s perception was influenced by alcohol, cannabis and a sleeping pill and, despite being heterosexual, had consented to sexual activity with Khan. “I did not consent,” the witness said. “I was not gay and I have never experimented with being gay.” The trial continues.
