Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A Tory MP is to stand trial after being accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008.
Imran Ahmad Khan, Conservative MP for Wakefield, West Yorkshire, denies 'in the strongest terms' an allegation that he groped the teenager in Staffordshire.
The 47-year-old, who was elected at the 2019 General Election, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday by video-link from his lawyers’ office.
The Conservatives have suspended the whip from Ahmad Khan - who was able to be named on Friday after reporting restrictions were lifted. READ MORE: Terrifying moment young mum scrambles to save toddler as thugs steal her car in Snapchat set-up Th
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