Piece
by piece, the evidence mounts of a high-level paedophile ring in the
1970s and 80s involving figures from what used to be called the
establishment: MPs, diplomats, officials and senior police officers. On
Tuesday, the Independent Police Complaints Commission announced that it
was to supervise an inquiry into the Metropolitan police’s failure to
continue inquiries into child abuse because they involved public
figures.
Later that day, BBC Newsnight alleged that an extensive investigation conducted by the Met in 1981 secured video evidence of sex parties involving the Liberal MP Cyril Smith and a senior figure from the security services abusing teenage boys from care homes. But – according to the Newsnight report – the Met’s investigation was abruptly halted by an unknown senior officer who threatened to prosecute under the Official Secrets Act any officer who revealed what they had found.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/17/guardian-view-establishment-child-sex-abuse
Later that day, BBC Newsnight alleged that an extensive investigation conducted by the Met in 1981 secured video evidence of sex parties involving the Liberal MP Cyril Smith and a senior figure from the security services abusing teenage boys from care homes. But – according to the Newsnight report – the Met’s investigation was abruptly halted by an unknown senior officer who threatened to prosecute under the Official Secrets Act any officer who revealed what they had found.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/17/guardian-view-establishment-child-sex-abuse