Chief executive of Blackburn-based Ethnic Minority Development Association (EMDA) Jailed for 4 years for 6 counts of sexual assault

Left: Janaid Qureshi (MBE), chief executive of Blackburn-based Ethnic Minority Development Association (EMDA).

From lancashire telegraph

A BLACKBURN man given the MBE for services to the community was branded a 'manipulative liar' by a judge as he was jailed for sex offences. Janaid Qureshi, 61, was sent to prison for four years after being convicted of six counts of sexual assault against a young woman. The married father-of-three, of Queen’s Road, Blackburn, was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Qureshi could even lose his MBE, awarded in 1999. People jailed for more than three months can have their honours rescinded. Qureshi was arrested in October 2008 and found guilty following a week long trial at Bolton Crown Court in February. Read more