It is said he “contacted the father of a 16-year-old complainant of rape and told him to get his daughter to drop the charges against the male alleged to have raped her and get him out of custody, which had a tendency to pervert the course of public justice“.
Abdul Roqib, 45, is accused of contacting the 16-year-old on January 10 “to ask her to drop the charges against his son, which had a tendency to pervert the course of public justice“.
Abdul Malik, 50, who represents Blackwall and Cubitt Town ward on Tower Hamlets Council, was due to appear at Thames magistrates court on Friday to face the charge for the first time.
All three defendants are due to appear in court to face a charge of committing an act or series of acts with intent to pervert the course of public justice.
Rahela Begum, 41, is also accused of also contacting the girl on the same day to allegedly try to convince her to withdraw from the criminal case.
