Crispin Blunt, the Tory MP for Reigate, argued the disgraced politician didn't get a "fair trial" and believes he was wrongly convicted.The 48-year-old was expelled from the Conservative Party in April with "immediate effect" and has since resigned as an MP.Mr Blunt was called "disgraceful" after he defended his fellow Tory last month, claiming Khan was the victim of a "dreadful miscarriage of justice".
"I didn't know Imran - I got to know him in the first few weeks of 2019 and 2020 and thoroughly enjoyed his company, and could well see why he'd be a terrific parliamentarian with an enormous amount to contribute," he told the BBC. "And so this issue, then, arising for me is ... his conviction. And I don't want to ... I saw what happened . I remain totally convinced."
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."Tory MP for Reigate Crispin Blunt has reiterated his defence of his fellow Tory.Asked if he therefore thought he knew more than the jury, he said: "Yes inevitably, because quite a lot of the trial was conducted without the jury being present.
The Conservative Party condemned Crispin Blunt's views as "wholly unacceptable", while a whips office source said it is expected all Tory MPs respect court judgments.Khan is formally appealing against the conviction. He is due to be sentenced on Monday.
Nonce watch... Me thinks he's one to
Here’s another Tory
The judge and the jury are always right?
Crispin Blunt - rhymes with!
Blunt only says this because he is a good friend of Kahn's.
and he would know? How?
Starting to think that if you're not a kiddy fiddler or at least a little bit rapey, you wouldn't get into the Tory party (not a bad thing obviously)
AngelaRayner, RhonddaBryant: 🧐🧐🧐🧐
Sounds like someone needs their hard-drive checked.
Jesus these people...
It does seem that being a sex pest is a pre-requisite for being a Tory MP.
He's in the news alot today. nipplegate
So CrispinBlunt supports paedophilia, supports my theory about political criminality. I wonder if CrispinBlunt one of the 56 under investigation so jumping ship before the investigation LBC LBCNews
Why is this silly old fool saying that does he not believe in the Justice system
These two pics are what you get when you Google what does a paedophile look like?
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