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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Metropolitan Police probed over child abuse 'cover-up |
Metropolitan Police probed over child abuse 'cover-up' claims The police watchdog is investigating alleged corruption in the Metropolitan Police, including claims it covered up child sex offences because of the involvement of police officers and MPs. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating 14 referrals spanning four decades. It said the claims were of "high-level corruption of the most serious nature". The Met said it had voluntarily referred the allegations, which arose from an investigation launched in 2012. The allegations have emerged since the Metropolitan Police launched Operation Fairbank into historical child sex abuse claims involving politicians and other public figures. 'Managed' investigation That investigation has found allegations that previous inquiries into such abuse were hindered or halted, or that evidence was suppressed. Allegations being investigated as set out by the IPCC include: A potential cover-up linked to "failures to properly investigate child sex abuse offences in south London and further information about criminal allegations against a politician being dropped" A claim that an investigation into young men being targeted at the Dolphin Square flats in Pimlico, south-west London, was halted because "officers were too near prominent people" An allegation that a document from the Houses of Parliament was found at a paedophile's address linking "highly-prominent individuals", including MPs and senior police officers, to a paedophile ring but no further action was taken Alleged alteration of a child sex abuse victim's account to remove the name of a senior politician Alleged child sex abuse by a senior politician and a subsequent cover-up of the alleged crimes Claims that a surveillance operation of a child abuse ring was shut down due to "high-profile people being involved" An allegation that police officers sexually abused a boy and carried out surveillance on him Houses of Parliament It is alleged a Parliament document linking MPs to a paedophile ring was found but no action taken The IPCC will "manage" an investigation that was already being conducted by the Met Police's Directorate of Professional Standards into the alleged corruption. It says it is still considering whether to take responsibility for investigating two of the 16 allegations referred to it by the Met. The force said in a statement: "The allegations emerged whilst officers were working on Operation Fairbank and relate to the period between 1970 and 2005. "The MPS [Metropolitan Police Service] recognised the severity of the allegations, and the importance of understanding whether or not our officers had in the past acted inappropriately, and therefore voluntarily referred the 16 separate allegations to the IPCC. "Ongoing investigations and recent convictions by officers from the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command have shown that the MPS is fully committed to investigating non-recent allegations of sexual abuse." 'Terrible evil' Labour MP for Rochdale Simon Danczuk told BBC Radio 4's World at One the investigation was a "significant development". Mr Danczuk, who had been calling for such an inquiry, said: "We are on the cusp of finding out exactly what went on in the 70s and 1980s and, I'm sorry to say, I think it will be shown that senior politicians were involved in abuse and there was a cover up. I think that's inevitable now." BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the fact that the IPCC was managing the investigation - that is, overseeing inquiries by police officers rather than running its own independent inquiry - could "puzzle people" and might "prove to be a bone of contention in the future". He said a "substantial" amount of resources would be needed and that it was "clear that the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Met both want to get to the bottom of these allegations". Peter Saunders Peter Saunders said he had wondered 'if the truth was ever going to come out' Peter Saunders, chief executive of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) said: "I think potentially the scandal and the uncovering that we hope will follow will actually make the Profumo affair of the 60s look like a picnic in the park. "I think we're looking at something that is going to be absolutely massive in terms of the revelations that will follow the allegations, if investigated properly." He said people calling the Napac helpline had made allegations about "high-profile" people, including politicians, for years and that he had wondered "if the truth was ever going to come out". Peter Garsden, president of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, said those who had suffered abuse themselves would want the inquiry to be conducted transparently. He told the BBC: "They will believe that even this investigation, I suspect, will be yet another cover-up. "So it's very difficult to persuade them that everything is being done. They will be triggered into further suffering and memories of the abuse that happened to them many years ago - so it's a deeply troubling experience for the entire survivor group of people." The other allegations that form part of the IPCC investigation are: An allegation that an investigation into a paedophile ring that led to a number of convictions did not take action "in relation to other more prominent individuals" A claim that a politician spoke to a senior Metropolitan Police officer to demand no action was taken regarding an alleged paedophile ring in Westminster in the 1970s An allegation that in the late 1970s a surveillance operation that gathered intelligence on a politician being involved in paedophile activities was closed down by a senior Met Police officer A claim that a dossier of allegations against senior figures and politicians accused of being involved in child abuse was taken by Special Branch officers Allegations that a senior officer instructed that a sexual abuse investigation should be halted, with the order having come from "up high" in the Met An alleged conspiracy within the force to prevent a politician suspected of offences from being prosecuted Child sex abuse allegations against a former senior Met Police officer with other "members of the establishment", including judges, alleged to have been involved. It is claimed no further action was taken http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31907201 |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Metropolitan Police probed over child abuse 'cover-up |
I think we all know whats happened - and the truth will emerge when they're all dead |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Metropolitan Police probed over child abuse 'cover-up |
captain cab wrote: I think we all know whats happened - and the truth will emerge when they're all dead Punish them while they're alive. |
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