A former aide to MP George Galloway has been jailed for refusing to hand over a batch of explicit photos of her lover and his estranged wife.

Aisha Ali-Khan, 33, was led from the dock in tears after the verdict, the Evening Standard reports.

She obtained the images after marrying DI Mohammed Afiz Khan, a Met counter-terrorism policeman, in Pakistan in 2009.

His former partner Naheed Khan, of Watford, won a High Court order requiring them to be given up, but Ms Ali-Khan did not. Judge Richard Seymour sentenced her to three months for contempt of court.

She worked for Mr Galloway’s Respect party before allegations in 2012 that she had slept with DI Khan, 47, at the MP’s Streatham home. The MP complained to the police and Home Secretary.

Ms Ali-Khan, now a teacher in Leeds, must pay about £10,000 court costs. She claimed she had destroyed the photos.

The court heard she had married DI Khan in an Islamic ceremony – but he is still legally married to Naheed Khan.

Aisha Ali-Khan and Afiz Khan are pictured.