A Tory MP was plunged into a race row after he accused some ethnic communities of importing ‘barbaric and medieval’ views about women into Britain. The MP for Monmouth told BBC Radio 5 Live: ‘What is it about this young man’s upbringing… his community or his parental upbringing, that led him to think that women are second-class people whose rights can be trampled over like this?
Backlash: David Davies was criticised by other MPs following his outburst
Balal Kahn: The 13-year-old convicted rapist prompted Mr Davies to comment Crass: David Davies accused immigrants of ‘importing medieval views’ about women in the wake of 13-year-old Balal Kahn’s conviction for rape
‘There are some sensitive issues here, but there do seem to be some people in some communities who don’t respect women’s rights at all and who – if I may say, without necessarily saying that this is the case on this occasion – who have imported into this country barbaric and medieval views about women.’
Khan admitted beating and raping a 20-year-old woman in front of his two friends as she walked home in Stoke-on-Trent. He was sentenced this week to just three years because of his age – and because he said ’sorry’.
Mr Davies’s comments came as he called for the Attorney General to review the sentence.
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