By Claire Ellicot Political Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 23:54 GMT, 14 February 2019 | Updated: 23:54 GMT, 14 February 2019
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Lord Nazir Ahmed, 61, has been accused of exploiting a vulnerable woman
A peer has been accused of exploiting his position to have sex with a vulnerable woman who came to him for help.
Former Labour peer Lord Nazir Ahmed is also alleged to have propositioned a second woman who sought assistance.
The 61-year-old, who was once jailed for texting while driving before a crash that killed a man, denies all allegations.
Tahira Zaman, 43, told BBC’s Newsnight last night that she was suffering from anxiety and depression when she approached the peer in 2017 through a friend.
She hoped Lord Ahmed would help get police to investigate a Muslim faith healer she felt was a danger to women.
Miss Zaman told Newsnight that Lord Ahmed said he wrote a letter to Metropolitan Police chief Cressida Dick. The peer, who quit Labour after he was accused of anti-Semitism, went on to have sex with Miss Zaman on a number of occasions.
She accepted the relationship was consensual but said: ‘I was looking for help and he took advantage of me. He abused his power.’ She claimed the relationship ended two months later when Lord Ahmed told her he would not leave his wife. Miss Zaman said: ‘I genuinely did believe that he had feelings for me. I’m just so stupid … I believed that he was going to help me.’
In January last year, she complained to the Lords Commissioner
