Lord Ahmed: Ex Labour peer jailed for child sex offenceson February 4, 2022 at 2:31 pm

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Lord Ahmed of Rotherham is jailed for five years and six months for sexually abusing two children.

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A former Labour peer convicted of sexually abusing two children has been jailed for five years and six months.

Lord Ahmed of Rotherham was found guilty in January of a serious sexual assault against a boy and the attempted rape of a young girl in the 1970s.

The repeated sexual abuse happened in Rotherham when he was a teenager, Sheffield Crown Court heard.

Passing sentence, Mr Justice Lavender said his actions had had “profound and lifelong effects” on the victims.

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