UK’s Court of Appeal has reduced prison sentence imposed on former politician Lord Nazir Ahmed who was found guilty of attempted rape in January 2022.
Former politician Lord Nazir Ahmed was found guilty in January 2022 of sexually abusing two children when he was a teenager in Rotherham, South Yorkshire in 1970.
A judge had handed Ahmed, now 65, a jail term of five years and six months after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
Three appeal judges have cut that term to two years and six months after concluding that trial judge Mr Justice Lavender “fell into error” when passing sentence.
Lord Burnett, the Lord Chief Justice; Lord Justice Holroyde, and Lord Justice William Davis announced their decision on Friday after considering arguments at a recent Court of Appeal hearing in London in January.
Ahmed had been found guilty of two counts of attempted rape and one of buggery.
