Police and intelligence officers with information about paedophile
rings should be protected from prosecution if they appear before the
official inquiry into historic sex abuse, Theresa May has said.
The Home Secretary backed immunity for witnesses following claims that officers investigating the activities of the late Liberal MP Sir Cyril Smith were threatened with court action under the Official Secrets Act.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/child-abuse-whistleblowers-should-have-immunity-from-arrest-says-theresa-may-10114881.html
The Home Secretary backed immunity for witnesses following claims that officers investigating the activities of the late Liberal MP Sir Cyril Smith were threatened with court action under the Official Secrets Act.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/child-abuse-whistleblowers-should-have-immunity-from-arrest-says-theresa-may-10114881.html