Ms. Begum, 31, was accused of concealing her real living conditions from city hall officials to ensure access to a social housing.
But the congressman elected in 2019 insisted that she was facing prosecution for “unreasonable trouble” “out of malice”.
In the Snaresbrook Royal Court, the jurors ruled that Ms. Begum was not guilty of three counts of dishonesty and failure to disclose information about her. Ta Village The parliamentary housing application was submitted in the three periods from January 2013 to March 2016.
Labour MP for Eastern Poplar and Lime House London Following the verdict of not guilty, he fell down in the dock and wept.
In a statement after her acquittal, Ms. Begum said: “This case was driven by malicious intent and caused me great pain and reputation damage.
“I want to sincerely thank all my legal teams and all those who have expressed solidarity, support and kindness to me.
“As a survivor of domestic abuse, facing these unreasonable allegations, the past 18 months of false accusations, online sexism, racism and Islamophobic abuse, and threats to my safety are very difficult.
“I also thank the jury for defending me and the judge for presiding over this trial. I will consult and consider how to follow up so that similar things do not happen to other people again.
“I now want to continue my work on behalf of my voters-against (Prime Minister Boris) Johnson’s reckless Conservative government’s negligent decision that caused so many families to lose what they should still be with us today. Relatives, there are too many difficulties that could have been avoided.
“My comrades and friends in Poplar and Limehouse and other places have always supported me, and I have and will always support them.”
The court learned that Ms. Begum first filed a housing application with the Tower Hamlets Committee in 2011, when she was living in a crowded home.
She said that she and five family members lived in a three-bedroom house in Baiyang District and did not have their own room, so she was included in the priority housing list.
When she left the property in May 2013 to live with her then partner, Tower Hamlets councillor Ehtasham Haque, she said her family became hostile to her relationship with Mr. Haque, who was 7 years older than her and two Divorce.
When giving evidence during the trial, Ms. Begum, who was emotional, said that she had been to the police station to report that her brother followed her to work, and that she was afraid of becoming a victim of honor-based violence.
She told the court that she came home on the same day and was locked in the living room by her brother. He said he thought she should visit an imam because he thought she was “possessed”.
Ms. Begum said that she managed to dial 999 and escaped the house with only her handbag. A few days later, she was told to pick up the belongings in the black garbage bag outside the house.
Ms. Begum and Mr. Haque subsequently married in an Islamic ceremony before living with him.
Ms. Begum allegedly failed to announce a change in her circumstances, and by retaining her “high priority” housing status, the council lost £63,928.
The prosecutor claimed that because Ms. Begum worked in the mayor’s office and then as a housing consultant for Tower Hamlets Homes, she was aware of housing registration policies.
But Ms. Begum’s defense attorney Helen Law said that the congressman had only held low-level jobs in both of these jobs, mainly as a telephone handler, and had no special knowledge of housing registration.
Ms. Luo also stated that the complaint that triggered the Begum investigation was filed by Mr. Hack’s brother-in-law, Sayed Nahid Uddin, and was “false”.
