MP to be tried in fraud case
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy THE LABOUR MP Mohammed Sarwar is to stand trial in Edinburgh next month on fraud and other charges, prosecution officials in Scotland said last night. Mr Sarwar, 46, a businessman who became Britain's first Muslim MP when he was elected in May last year, is to stand trial with another Glasgow businessman, Mumtaz Hussain, the Crown Office said. Mr Sarwar, a member of the Labour Party since 1984, served as a councillor in Glasgow, and also on Labour's Scottish Executive.
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