Nazir Ahmed trial collapses due to 'disgraceful' late disclosure of evidence

Former Labour peer went on trial in Sheffield accused of sexually abusing younger children in 1970s

The trial of a former Labour peer accused of sexually abusing younger children has collapsed due a disgraceful" late disclosure of evidence by the prosecution, a judge has said.

Nazir Ahmed was charged with two counts of attempting to rape a girl under 16, indecent assault of a boy under 14, and raping a boy under 16, all alleged to have occurred in the early 1970s.