Lawmaker gets time for U.K. sex assault

A former British Conservative Party lawmaker was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 2008.

Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, represented the city of Wakefield in northern England until he resigned last month following his conviction for the assault, which took place before he became a politician.

The seriousness of Khan’s crime meant that immediate incarceration was the only “appropriate punishment,” Judge Jeremy Baker said Monday at Southwark Crown Court.

He said the only regret the politician felt was for finding himself “in the predicament.” According to British rules, Khan may be able to be released on license after serving half of his sentence in prison.