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Former Bracknell Mayor Jailed for Aiding Rapist Son

The case prompts a council review of how both obtained taxi licences.

Overview

  • Winchester Crown Court sentenced Diwan Khan to 12 years in prison with a five-year extended licence, a 20-year sexual harm prevention order, and an indefinite restraining order, while his mother, Naheed Ejaz, received three years for perverting the course of justice.
  • Prosecutors said Ejaz delayed police at her Bracknell home and spoke to Khan in Urdu to let him hide a phone believed to contain incriminating video, and officers have not recovered the device.
  • The court heard Khan spiked the teenager’s drink with MDMA, raped her while she was unconscious in his car, filmed the assault, and later threatened to kill her if she reported it.
  • The victim told the court the trauma derailed her education, including failed GCSEs, and she attempted suicide in June 2025.
  • Bracknell Forest Council opened an inquiry into how Ejaz and Khan were granted taxi licences, and the council leader signaled new training to help people in public roles intervene in abuse.