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A Labour mayor helped to hide evidence when her son was arrested on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old girl, a court has been told.
Naheed Ejaz, 61, allowed her 'mother's love for a son to stretch to criminality' by refusing to let police officers into her home when they came to arrest him, it was heard.
Ejaz, who had been Mayor of Bracknell Forest from 2023 to 2024, in Berkshire, is said to have delayed their entry for 'some minutes'.
She also spoke to her son, Diwan Khan, 41, in Urdu to 'assist' him in hiding his phone which had a video on it of the alleged sex attack, Winchester Crown Court heard.
Mr Khan - who was her Consort of the Mayor - is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in June 2024 after she 'blacked out' from the MDMA that he put in vodka for her to drink.
Prosecutors allege the teenager woke up in the backseat of his car with no clothes on and she could not remember what had happened.
But Khan then showed her a video that he filmed of him having sex with her, choking and slapping her in the face.
Khan, who appeared alongside his mother for official Mayor functions, allegedly threatened to show her mother the video if she said anything and that she 'belonged' to him.
Former Labour mayor of Bracknell Forest, Naheed Ejaz, 61, helped to hide evidence when her son was arrested on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old girl, a court has been told
Ejaz (left), who had been Mayor of Bracknell Forest from 2023 to 2024, in Berkshire, and her son, Diwan Khan, who was her Consort of the Mayor, pictured in October 2023
Ejaz and her son are appearing on trial together at Winchester Crown Court, Hampshire. Ejaz denies perverting the course of justice, and Khan denies rape.
The jury were told Khan has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice by hiding the mobile phone from the police.
The court heard that on September 12, 2024, police arrived at the property in Bracknell in the early hours of the morning, and Ejaz came to the door.
She allegedly delayed opening the door to the police, helping Khan hide his mobile phone with the video of the girl on it.
Prosecutor Ed Wylde said: 'That mobile phone was likely to have material that would be evidence in Mr Khan's case.'
Khan produced a phone to the police, but this was not the one with the video on it.
Mr Wylde said: 'We say that she was aware that this was not the phone the police were looking for, assisting Mr Khan in the concealment of the mobile phone.
'We say they were speaking in Urdu so that the police wouldn't know what they were talking about.
'We say that she assisted her son. We have a pretty good idea that it is the phone with the video on it.
'We can't be sure that Ms Ejaz had any clear idea of the trouble he was in at that time, but a mother's love for her son will stretch some way, and in this case it stretched into criminality.'
It has not been confirmed when in 2024 Ejaz stepped down as Mayor. Local news reports suggest she resigned as a councillor in September 2024.
Mr Wylde said that the girl had arranged to meet her friend, and her pal told her that she knew a guy who could take them for a drive.
The teenager sneaked out of her house through her kitchen window, so her mother would not see, and got into the Khan's car with her friend in the backseat.
The three of them drove to a garage near his house to buy Smirnoff vodka in order to get drunk.
They then went to his house, and, when they parked up outside, he took what he said was MDMA out from the bottom of his tie and poured the pink powder into the vodka.
The two girls drank the vodka from the bottle throughout the evening.
The three of them went into his house through the back door and played some music in his room.
When they were in his bedroom, he told the two girls that he was 'horny' and that he wanted the girls to touch him, but they both said no, the court was told.
They left his house and dropped her friend back at her house, where she told Khan 'don't touch her' because she was very drunk.
Ejaz and her son Diwan Khan, 41, are appearing on trial together at Winchester Crown Court, Hampshire. Ejaz denies perverting the course of justice and Khan denies rape
He then drove back to his house, and the girl said she was confused about why they had gone back there because she thought he was driving her home.
She said she had drunk about half of the one litre vodka bottle by this point.
After this, she said that she 'blacked out' and did not remember what happened next until she woke up in the backseat of his car with no clothes on.
She alleged he showed her a one-to two-minute video where he was filming himself touching her face and breasts, having sex with her, slapping her in the face, and choking her in his car.
In her police interview, she said that she did not want to have sex with him and that watching the video made her feel 'sick' and 'scared'.
After the ordeal, she said he dropped her back home and then sent her messages using a false name, saying that 'she was his' and she 'belonged' to him.
He sent her threats saying that if she told anyone, he would show her mum the video and said that he was 'going to come to her house and slit her throat'.
During the girl's police interview, she said that Khan told her he was the Mayor's Consort and she had told him that she was 15 years old.
Mr Wylde said that in his interview with the police, Khan denied picking the victim up in his car, and he denied raping her.
He told the police that he met her on a dating app called Plenty of Fish and said that he thought she was 24 years old.
Mr Wylde said that the victim's dating profile stated that she was 19 years old.
Mr Wylde said: 'At the time she was 15. She was quite troubled, quite rebellious. She snuck out at night, she drank alcohol, she took drugs. She may have got things a little wrong.
'We say those factors are exactly why he chose her because he knew she wouldn't be believed.'
The trial continues.
Naheed Ejaz, 61, allowed her 'mother's love for a son to stretch to criminality' by refusing to let police officers into her home when they came to arrest him, it was heard.
Ejaz, who had been Mayor of Bracknell Forest from 2023 to 2024, in Berkshire, is said to have delayed their entry for 'some minutes'.
She also spoke to her son, Diwan Khan, 41, in Urdu to 'assist' him in hiding his phone which had a video on it of the alleged sex attack, Winchester Crown Court heard.
Mr Khan - who was her Consort of the Mayor - is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in June 2024 after she 'blacked out' from the MDMA that he put in vodka for her to drink.
Prosecutors allege the teenager woke up in the backseat of his car with no clothes on and she could not remember what had happened.
But Khan then showed her a video that he filmed of him having sex with her, choking and slapping her in the face.
Khan, who appeared alongside his mother for official Mayor functions, allegedly threatened to show her mother the video if she said anything and that she 'belonged' to him.
Former Labour mayor of Bracknell Forest, Naheed Ejaz, 61, helped to hide evidence when her son was arrested on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old girl, a court has been told
Ejaz (left), who had been Mayor of Bracknell Forest from 2023 to 2024, in Berkshire, and her son, Diwan Khan, who was her Consort of the Mayor, pictured in October 2023
Ejaz and her son are appearing on trial together at Winchester Crown Court, Hampshire. Ejaz denies perverting the course of justice, and Khan denies rape.
The jury were told Khan has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice by hiding the mobile phone from the police.
The court heard that on September 12, 2024, police arrived at the property in Bracknell in the early hours of the morning, and Ejaz came to the door.
She allegedly delayed opening the door to the police, helping Khan hide his mobile phone with the video of the girl on it.
Prosecutor Ed Wylde said: 'That mobile phone was likely to have material that would be evidence in Mr Khan's case.'
Khan produced a phone to the police, but this was not the one with the video on it.
Mr Wylde said: 'We say that she was aware that this was not the phone the police were looking for, assisting Mr Khan in the concealment of the mobile phone.
'We say they were speaking in Urdu so that the police wouldn't know what they were talking about.
'We say that she assisted her son. We have a pretty good idea that it is the phone with the video on it.
'We can't be sure that Ms Ejaz had any clear idea of the trouble he was in at that time, but a mother's love for her son will stretch some way, and in this case it stretched into criminality.'
It has not been confirmed when in 2024 Ejaz stepped down as Mayor. Local news reports suggest she resigned as a councillor in September 2024.
Mr Wylde said that the girl had arranged to meet her friend, and her pal told her that she knew a guy who could take them for a drive.
The teenager sneaked out of her house through her kitchen window, so her mother would not see, and got into the Khan's car with her friend in the backseat.
The three of them drove to a garage near his house to buy Smirnoff vodka in order to get drunk.
They then went to his house, and, when they parked up outside, he took what he said was MDMA out from the bottom of his tie and poured the pink powder into the vodka.
The two girls drank the vodka from the bottle throughout the evening.
The three of them went into his house through the back door and played some music in his room.
When they were in his bedroom, he told the two girls that he was 'horny' and that he wanted the girls to touch him, but they both said no, the court was told.
They left his house and dropped her friend back at her house, where she told Khan 'don't touch her' because she was very drunk.
Ejaz and her son Diwan Khan, 41, are appearing on trial together at Winchester Crown Court, Hampshire. Ejaz denies perverting the course of justice and Khan denies rape
He then drove back to his house, and the girl said she was confused about why they had gone back there because she thought he was driving her home.
She said she had drunk about half of the one litre vodka bottle by this point.
After this, she said that she 'blacked out' and did not remember what happened next until she woke up in the backseat of his car with no clothes on.
She alleged he showed her a one-to two-minute video where he was filming himself touching her face and breasts, having sex with her, slapping her in the face, and choking her in his car.
In her police interview, she said that she did not want to have sex with him and that watching the video made her feel 'sick' and 'scared'.
After the ordeal, she said he dropped her back home and then sent her messages using a false name, saying that 'she was his' and she 'belonged' to him.
He sent her threats saying that if she told anyone, he would show her mum the video and said that he was 'going to come to her house and slit her throat'.
During the girl's police interview, she said that Khan told her he was the Mayor's Consort and she had told him that she was 15 years old.
Mr Wylde said that in his interview with the police, Khan denied picking the victim up in his car, and he denied raping her.
He told the police that he met her on a dating app called Plenty of Fish and said that he thought she was 24 years old.
Mr Wylde said that the victim's dating profile stated that she was 19 years old.
Mr Wylde said: 'At the time she was 15. She was quite troubled, quite rebellious. She snuck out at night, she drank alcohol, she took drugs. She may have got things a little wrong.
'We say those factors are exactly why he chose her because he knew she wouldn't be believed.'
The trial continues.
