Lord Ahmed will appear in court later this month charged with child sex offences, including two attempted rapes.

The peer is due to attend Sheffield Magistrates' Court on 19 March alongside two other defendants.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed the charges against Lord Ahmed relate to two complainants - a boy and a girl - and to alleged incidents in the early 1970s, when he was a teenager.

He is charged with two attempted rapes and one count of indecent assault on a boy under 13.

Mohamed Farouq, 68, of Worrygoose Lane, Rotherham, is charged with four counts of indecent assault on a boy under 13.


Mohammed Tariq, 63, of Gerard Road, Rotherham, is charged with two counts of indecent assault on a boy under 13.

Lord Ahmed was appointed to the House of Lords by Labour PM Tony Blair in 1998, making him the first Muslim life peer, but has sat as a non-affiliated member since 2013.

The 61-year-old was born in Pakistan-governed Kashmir before moving to the UK when he was 11.