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He was found guilty by a jury in 2024, but was released on bail and sentenced six weeks later.

Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence alongside 16 other people over corruption allegations.

Most of the protagonists are women, brought to life through Alvarez’s taut, shining sentences.

"It's so phenomenal to be able to say in my lifetime, I have seen something going from being incurable, a life sentence, to actually something that is a chronic disease."

Xiong was sentenced to 58 weeks in prison at Inner London Crown Court in June after pleading guilty to fraud by representation.