Ken aide quits after sexy emails fiasco

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Emails:"I want to honey glase (sic) you"

Emails:"I love you falling out of a bikini"

Ken Livingstone was today accused of snubbing ­Londoners after refusing to face questions over his ­controversial race adviser.

Lee Jasper dramatically ­resigned yesterday after it was revealed that he had sent ­sexually charged emails to a woman who he helped gain £100,000 in City Hall grants for projects she was running.

He had been due to face a grilling by the London ­Assembly today over controversial payments totalling £3.8m. The Assembly called on Livingstone to answer questions over the fiasco but he refused. He ­continued to back Jasper, 49, ­saying he would like to re-employ him.

Tory mayoral candidate Boris Johnson said: “This is a major snub to Londoners who deserve to know how their hard-earned cash is ­being spent. This shows how arrogant and out of touch this mayor has become.” And his Liberal Democrat challenger Brian Paddick said: “Londoners deserve ­answers to these very serious questions."

Father-of-nine Jasper ­resigned after a string of sexy emails to Karen Chouhan, 50, in which he said he wanted to “honey-glase”  [sic]  her. 

Two organisations that Chouhan was running – the 1990 Trust and the Black Londoners Forum –­received grants. But she ­dismissed the emails as ­banter and denied any wrongdoing.

The controversy reached Parliament today when David Cameron asked the Prime Minister about Lee Jasper’s “friends and cronies”. Gordon Brown said it was a “matter for police”.

Today at his family home in Clapham, south London, ­Jasper at first refused to ­answer his door, saying he was “spending the day with my family”. But minutes later he walked out of his house and  was asked by reporters if he was having a bad day. He said: “A broken fridge can be ­considered a meltdown.”

The Mayor was unavailable for comment today.

Emails:"I want to honey glase (sic) you"

Emails:"I love you falling out of a bikini"