Ex-Labour mayor slammed by judge for helping hide her son's phone after he raped a 15-year-old girl as he jails her for three years and locks up her son for 12 years

By ANDY DOLAN, GENERAL REPORTER Published: 15:08, 30 April 2026 | Updated: 15:22, 30 April 2026 A female ex-Mayor was today jailed for three years for helping her son hide incriminating evidence after he raped an unconscious 15-year-old girl. Former Labour Mayor Naheed Ejaz, 61, was slammed by a judge for trying to cover up her son's crime after he raped the teenager while she was blacked out. Ejaz refused to let police officers into her home for over a minute and a half and spoke Urdu to her son, Diwan Khan, so he could hide his phone which contained damning evidence. Jailing the former Mayor of Bracknell in Berkshire, a judge told Ejaz that she 'chose to protect' her 41-year-old son despite knowing that his crime involved an 'underage girl'. The judge added that because of her actions, 'there was a real risk Khan might have avoided prosecution for the rape of an unconscious child'. A court heard today that the girl failed her GCSEs and tried to kill herself following the attack. Prosecutors previously said Ejaz let her 'mother's love' cloud her judgement and hindered police at her home in Bracknell with a 'conspiracy of silence'. The phone, which was said to have had footage of the sex attack on it, was never recovered. Naheed Ejaz (left) helped hide her son Diwan Khan's phone after he raped a 15-year-old girl.  Khan was her Consort of the Mayor The former town mayor for Bracknell in Berkshire was convicted of perverting the course of justice, saying she let her 'mother's love' cloud her judgement Ejaz was found guilty of perverting the course of justice after a six-day trial earlier this year. Khan - who was Consort of the Mayor during his mother's tenure - was convicted of the rape and jailed for 12 years, with an extended licence period of five years. He admitted perverting the course of justice in relation to hiding his phone and was given a three-year concurrent sentence for that offence.  In addition, Khan was made subject to a 20-year sexual harm prevention order, while an indefinite restraining order preventing contact with the victim was also imposed. Sentencing Ejaz, His Honour Judge Rufus Taylor said that she had shown 'no remorse' for her offences. The judge said: 'You, Naheed Ejaz, may not have known initially why he wanted you to hide (the phone), but your son told you in Urdu 'Some mother***** girl has lied about her age to me' and you chose to protect him.' Judge Taylor said Ejaz knew it 'involved an underage girl'. Judge Taylor accepted that Ejaz made a 'spontaneous decision' in this incident. He noted that a character witness described her as an 'advocate for women's rights'. Jurors heard Ejaz refused to let officers in for over a minute and a half, giving Khan time to conceal the device that contained damning evidence Ejaz will be released no later than 14 months into her sentence to serve the rest on licence. In a victim impact statement read out at Winchester Crown Court today, the victim said the aftermath of the rape saw her fail her GCSEs and 'not being able to get into a course I have always dreamed of doing.' She added: 'My mental health has been all over the place due to flashbacks, not being able to sleep. 'In June 2025 I tried to commit suicide and ended up in hospital. 'I just wanted to end my life so the pain would go away.' The court heard Khan raped the young girl after she 'blacked out' from the MDMA that he gave her by putting it in vodka for her to drink. The teenager woke up in the backseat of his car with no clothes on and she could not remember what had happened. However, Khan showed her the 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 functions, threatened her by messaging her to say that he would show her mother the video if she said anything and that she 'belonged' to him. He even sent her the video and told her that he would 'slit her throat' if she told anyone. Prosecutor Ed Wylde previously told the court Ejaz and Khan had been speaking in Urdu when the police arrived on September 12 2024 so that they could discuss what to do with the phone. Mr Wylde said that Ejaz and her son had not mentioned the word phone when they were speaking in Urdu because the word is the same as in English and would have 'given it away' to the police. On police body-worn cameras, her son could be heard saying the 'big bell', and Ejaz replied, 'keep silent, I know'. Mr Wylde said: '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.' Defending Ejaz today, Clare Evans said she had been left 'a prisoner in her own home effectively' as a result of her conviction. Nadia Chbat, mitigating for Khan, told the court that hiding the phone 'didn't have an impact on (the victim's) ability to say 'These things happened to me''. Khan will serve eight years in prison before a parole board can consider whether it is safe to release him. Khan must also comply with a notification requirement for the sex offenders register indefinitely. Ejaz was Mayor of Bracknell Forest for 2023/24, with Khan assisting her as Mayor's Consort on occasions. She had recently finished her year as Mayor at the time of the offence. No comments have so far been submitted. 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