The Westminster Paedophile Dossier

A Vice Squad inspector attempted to obtain an arrest warrant for Cyril Smith, but was told to drop the case by a senior officer because of fears of 'political upheaval'.

Robert Glen, a retired Met Police superintendent, told a child sex abuse inquiry an undercover surveillance operation he led in the late 70s gathered enough evidence to arrest Smith on suspicion of being 'involved in some form of obscenities with young boys'.
But when Mr Glen, then an inspector with the Vice Squad in London's West End, tried to obtain an arrest warrant, the late Chief Supt Neil Diver told him to drop the case because 'it would cause political upheaval'.

Mr Glen, who retired from the police force in 1994, told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse that undercover officers carried out surveillance on Smith, Liberal MP for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992, for at least a month in early 1978.

The operation gathered 'sufficient evidence that Smith was involved with underage boys, aged around 13/14, to apply for a warrant'.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...ews/vice-squad-inspector-tells-child-15934440
 
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Child sex abuse victims have criticised Boris Johnson for claiming police funding was being "spaffed up the wall" investigating historic allegations.

The Conservative MP said in a interview with LBC that "an awful lot of police time" was spent looking at "historic offences and all this malarkey".

One victim, Gary Cliffe, said the comments were "horrific".

Children's charity NSPCC said the former London mayor's remark was an "affront to victims".

Mr Cliffe, who was a victim of Barry Bennell when the serial paedophile youth coach ran junior clubs linked to Manchester City, added: "Mr Johnson needs educating on both child sex abuse and policing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47560192
 
PinkFinal said:
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Child abuse inquiry: Complaints against late Conservative MP 'not reported to police'
Inquiry into handling of allegations against Peter Morrison and others branded ‘witch hunt against dead politicians’


Allegations made about an MP’s “penchant for small boys” were passed to the security service but were not then investigated or reported to police, an inquiry has heard.

The claim concerned Peter Morrison, the Conservative MP for Chester, the wide-ranging Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) was told.

The Westminster part of the inquiry is expected to sit for three weeks and aims to address “outstanding questions of public concern” related to child abuse allegations.

Lead counsel to the inquiry Brian Altman QC said that during its work the inquiry has obtained a copy of a 1986 letter, written by then-director general of the security service Sir Antony Duff.

Mr Altman said: “The letter makes it clear that the information that Mr Morrison had ‘a penchant for small boys’ had been passed to the security service by a member of the Westminster establishment, who had heard it from two sources.
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Morrison was Thatcher's PPS.
 
It seems that David Steele, former leader of the Liberals and Liberal Democrats has admitted to the inquiry that Cyril Smith told him he had committed indecent acts with young boys but he did nothing about it.

Steele was made a Lord, first of all, if the government ever get their heads out of their Brexit arses, they should strip him of the title 'Lord', secondly they should consider a criminal investigation into Steele who is in my eyes lower than a gutter rat, especially after Smith made the admission he went on to commit further offences. I note the Lib Dems have suspended him (Steele) from the party, yippee.
 
An MI6 officer was discovered to have child sexual abuse images on his work computer but the charges against him were eventually dropped, the intelligence service has told an inquiry.

The illegal material was found in 2006 and the official was dismissed, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) heard on Tuesday. The case was referred to the police who investigated. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) brought charges but it never came to trial.

Evidence about the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), or MI6 as it is more commonly known, was given by an anonymous officer who testified at the inquiry via video link. Before 2015, he confirmed, the service had no specific policies relating to preventing or reporting suspected child abuse.

The officer, who is responsible for overseeing MI6’s compliance with the law, told the inquiry that pornographic material involving children was found by SIS staff in 2006. “When this material was discovered, it was [examined] and we conducted an internal investigation to find out which employee had been responsible,” he told the inquiry.

The images were passed to the police and an MI6 officer was identified. “The individual was then dismissed and he [faced] two charges of possessing indecent images of children on his workplace computer,” the officer told the inquiry. “Ultimately the prosecutor decided not to offer evidence against the defendant following an abuse of process application.”

The SIS subsequently wrote to the CPS to express its “disappointment” that the prosecution had been abandoned.

The inquiry was also told about an incident when a “contact” was found to have a cache of child sexual abuse images on his computer. In 2009, the man admitted to downloading them. The SIS passed the material to the police’s child exploitation and online protection command (CEOP) but detectives decided there was insufficient evidence to take action.

The anonymous officer also said a search through SIS files on behalf of the inquiry unearthed a note attached to an obituary of the former intelligence officer and diplomat Sir Peter Hayman, who died in 1992. Hayman was subsequently exposed as a member of the Paedophile Information Exchange organisation.

The inquiry heard the note, written by an MI6 officer, read: “An unpleasant and pompous man who used to like playing Father Christmas in Ottawa [where Hayman was high commissioner in 1974] so that he could dandle children on his knee.”

The MI6 officer said the service had found no evidence in its files of the existence of any “paedophile ring” or any suggestion that the government had attempted to conceal information about the existence of such a group.

Earlier this month, an MI5 lawyer gave evidence in a similar manner to the inquiry, revealing that the service told the cabinet secretary in the 1980s about rumours of a minister’s “penchant for small boys” but did not pass this on to police or launch an investigation into the claims.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...d-with-child-abuse-images-had-charges-dropped
 
Senior police officers may have influenced decisions about inquiries going ahead into child abuse allegations against a politician, a watchdog has said.

Leicestershire Police inquiries into Lord Janner are being reviewed by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

The IOPC also said documents may have been "inappropriately modified" and allegations not even recorded.

The late Lord Janner and his family have always maintained his innocence.

Leicestershire Police said it could not comment at this time.


While emphasising its investigation was ongoing, the IOPC outlined "matters of concern" including:

  • In the early 1990s, before a formal investigation into Lord Janner commenced, police records indicate "a number of references to a relationship, including a sexual relationship, between Lord Janner and a child", but there is no evidence the claims were looked into
  • Once an investigation did begin, lines of inquiry "appear from the evidence not to have been carried out" and "there is an indication that senior officers may have influenced decisions regarding the inquiries being carried out"
  • In 2001-2002 "allegations made by former children's home residents appear from the evidence available not to have been investigated or recorded" and "documented results of investigative actions regarding Lord Janner appear to contain information that could be interpreted as misleading and/or inaccurate"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-47948890
 
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