Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in jail in Bangladesh for corruption.
The formerLabour ministerwas convicted in absentia of "manipulating and influencing" Sheikh Hasina, her aunt and the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister, to secure plots of land for her family.
A court found the sitting MP, who is based in London and denies the charges, guilty of "manipulating and influencing" Hasina, who was also handed the death penalty for crimes against humanity last month.
Prosecutors said Saddiq obtained three plots of land in the outskirts of the capital Dhaka for Sheikh Rehana Siddiq, her mother, Azmina Siddiq Ruponti, her sister, and Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, her brother.
Siddiq is unlikely to serve her jail sentence and still faces a number of outstanding charges in Bangladesh.
In addition to the prison term, Siddiq was fined 100,000 taka (£620), and she will be sentenced to a further six months imprisonment if she fails to pay.
Siddiq, who resigned in January as the minister responsible for financial services and anti-corruption efforts following scrutiny over her financial ties to Hasina, dismissed the findings of the "kangaroo court".
In a statement after her sentencing, she said: "This whole process has been flawed and farcical from the beginning to the end. The outcome of this kangaroo court is as predictable as it is unjustified.
"I hope this so called 'verdict' will be treated with the contempt it deserves. My focus has always been my constituents in Hampstead and Highgate and I refuse to be distracted by the dirty politics of Bangladesh."
Judge Muhammad Rabiul Alam of Bangladesh's Special Judge's Court said on Monday that the prosecution had established "beyond doubt that Ms Tulip Siddiq as British MP used her influence" on Hasina.
Hasina, who fled to India in August 2024 at the height of an uprising against her government, was sentenced to death in November over her government's violent crackdown on demonstrators during the protests.
Prosecutors said Siddiq, Hasina and Rehana abused their authority to secure 7,200sq ft plots for their family.
Muhammad Salahuddin, the deputy director of Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), who led the investigation, told the court that Hasina concealed ownership of housing facilities in Dhaka.
When Siddiq learnt that Hasina was securing plots for herself and her children, she used her influence as a British MP to persuade her aunt to obtain plots in the names of her mother Rehana and two siblings, the court heard.
Siddiq "manipulated and influenced Sheikh Hasina, who by virtue of her direct influence and under the special powers granted to her, abused the authority vested in her in breach of public trust to attain the property", claimed Mr Salahuddin.
The ACC has opened several investigations into Siddiq, alleging corruption in connection with the government of Hasina.
Siddiq has not appeared at any of the pre-trial hearings so far. The court previously issued a warrant for her arrest in April.
In January, the ACC filed six separate cases with Hasina accused in each, while Siddiq has been named as an abetter in three corruption cases also involving her mother and two siblings.
Earlier in the trial, Siddiq accused the authorities in Bangladesh of using "fake" identity documents to smear her.
Documents, seen by The Telegraph, appeared to show that Siddiq held a Bangladeshi passport and national identity card, contradicting previous claims she has made.
However, the MP insisted on Thursday that the papers had been falsified in an attempt to paint her as corrupt.
The court is continuing two additional corruption trials that name Siddiq and other family members. Prosecutors expect those verdicts in early January.
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