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Scotland Yard delays 200 charges over claims of child sex abuse Exaro 1 Sep 2014
Met is worried about ‘media frenzy’ over paedophile network at Westminster, claims MP
Police have delayed seeking to press nearly 200 charges as part of their investigation into a paedophile network linked to politicians, Exaro can reveal.
The move prompted one MP to say that the police were trying to avoid a “media frenzy” amid growing public concern about evidence of the scale of a paedophile network that operated at Westminster over many years.
So far, four people between them face a total of 52 charges as a result of criminal investigations that sprang out of ‘Operation Fairbank'.
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semper occultus » Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:09 am wrote:...after my laborious 3 year 20 page vanity thread you come along all-innocent-like and do 90 seconds fishing on f**ing wikipedia and manage to tick-off the whole bloody ball-of-wax in one go...its all linked and tied up with string ...ritual abuse / Speculative Society / SMG / PIE / legal establishment / senior national level politician.....
.....are you the sort of person that enjoys popping kid's party ballons for laughs....?
the only national voluntary sector provider of free and confidential sexual health advice and services specifically for young people under 25.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sexandrelati ... 006320.htm
Sir Nicholas Fairbairn (Perth and Kinross) : I hope that the Committee will not be misled by the fact that heterosexual activity is normal and homosexual activity, putting your penis into another man's arsehole, is a perverse--
The First Deputy Chairman : Order. We can well do without talk like that.
Mr. Blair : I do not think that I will answer that intervention.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... te-14.html
Lord Mayor of London Fiona Woolf is preparing to make a statement to dismiss concerns about her chairing the overarching inquiry into child sex abuse.
Woolf will “robustly” reject claims that her links with Lord Brittan make her position as head of the inquiry untenable, Whitehall sources say. She will issue a statement after returning to the UK from an overseas trip.
This year’s Conservative conference is set to be dogged by fresh allegations about how the party covered up for paedophile MPs. New claims about Sir Peter Morrison, the late MP who was Lady Thatcher’s parliamentary private secretary when she was prime minister, are due to be published at the end of this month to coincide with the Conservatives’ annual conference.
Home secretary Theresa May has taken a crucial step to ensure that the inquiry into child sex abuse can examine intelligence documents, Exaro can reveal. Fiona Woolf, who was appointed yesterday to chair the overarching inquiry, has security clearance to read such material, well-placed sources told Exaro. MPs who initiated the call for the inquiry see this as a crucial move.
Only one in 20 people who suffered child sex abuse will succeed in any attempt for compensation, according to leading lawyers in the field. Two solicitors who specialise in personal-injury cases say that a tiny proportion of people who suffered such childhood abuse and come forward to lawyers will succeed in winning compensation mainly because of time constraints on bringing civil claims.
Police have delayed seeking to press nearly 200 charges as part of their investigation into a paedophile network linked to politicians, Exaro can reveal. The move prompted one MP to say that the police were trying to avoid a “media frenzy” amid growing public concern about evidence of the scale of a paedophile network that operated at Westminster over many years.
Fiona Woolf, who was appointed yesterday to chair the overarching inquiry, has security clearance to read such material, well-placed sources told Exaro.
AhabsOtherLeg » Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:49 pm wrote:They've found a replacement for Butler-Sloss.
Her name's Lord Mayor of the City of London Fiona Woolf, because she's the Lord Mayor of the City of London - she's also a corporate lawyer specialising in tax issues (ie. tax avoidance), and an expert in pro-privatization legal maneuverings. On top of this she's a former President of the Law Society. Utterly incorruptible, obviously, and with no background at all in child welfare or criminal investigations. Perfect for the job.
Here she is, in her working gear:
I reckon if we can get her fired too, their only fallback will be the Remembrancer.
Another high-profile occasion was an Inclusive Capitalism conference in May, convened in conjunction with Lynn Forester de Rothschild.
The conference attracted a stellar lineup of establishment and corporate speakers – Prince Charles, Bank of England governor Mark Carney, IMF boss Christine Lagarde, former US president Bill Clinton and a handful of FTSE 100 chief executives. There were no figures from the Occupy movement.
Speakers delivered a barrage of palatable platitudes, counselling greater self-reflection and social responsibility from the business world, but nothing so disruptive as fresh regulation. Little was said of the role of the Lord Mayor, the City of London Corporation, or the activities of closely-allied lobbying groups such as TheCityUK.
While the lord mayor's "inclusive capitalism" event made the television news bulletins, the more discreet work that she and corporation staff carry out in Westminster, Brussels and beyond, fighting for the interests of high finance in the City, goes largely unreported.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-spies-recruited-paedo-ira-4466798
The British authorities covered up a case of child sex abuse by a senior figure of the IRA in order to use the damning evidence to turn him into a double agent, military intelligence sources have said.
Joe Cahill, who helped found the Provisional IRA, was pictured abusing a 14-year-old girl in a car in the 1970s, the sources said.
But instead of being prosecuted, the images were used by military spooks to turn the Republican hero – and close ally of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams – into one of the British Army’s most valuable informants.
A source revealed that Cahill – who died in 2004 – was being followed by a covert unit as he drove around Belfast when the pictures were taken.
They apparently showed the paramilitary, then in his 50s, abusing a 14-year-old girl, who was later identified.
The source said: “The pictures clearly identified both Cahill and his victim. Her father would have killed him if he had found out. He was never prosecuted and instead the pictures were used to turn him. He was a prized asset.”
The allegation is the latest paedophile scandal to hit the IRA and Sinn Fein.
Last week Cahill’s grand-niece, Mairia, revealed the IRA covered up the alleged abuse she suffered as a 16-year-old at the hands of another IRA figure. Mairia was not Cahill’s alleged victim in the 70s.
The Ministry of Defence did not comment on our story last night.
But a military source said: “This kind of thing has been unthinkable for many years now. There were some very questionable techniques deployed in the 1970s but they were put a stop to very soon afterwards.”
Several secretive military intelligence units operated in Northern Ireland at the time, including 14th Intelligence Company, also known as the Det, and several special collation teams.
Female operatives were said to have slept with IRA figures for information.
Cahill’s role as a key British agent was known to only a small handful of individuals. But a senior IRA source revealed that there was suspicion that he was a “tout” – slang for informer.
The IRA’s chief of staff was a priceless source of intelligence as the terror outfit stepped up its bombing campaign across Ireland and the mainland.
He was responsible for arming the paramilitaries with weapons and explosives from allies such as Libya and raising money from republican sympathisers.
A high-level agent like Cahill could be used to save lives and also to exert pressure on the IRA and Sinn Fein to join the peace process, which took place in the 90s.
In a separate case, Mairia Cahill last week waived her right to anonymity to speak out against alleged sexual abuse she suffered as a 16-year-old over a year in 1997 at the hands of another senior IRA figure.
Ms Cahill said she was raped and later interrogated by the IRA about her claims. She later went to the police and a case was brought against the alleged rapist and those said to have been involved in the IRA inquiry.
The man she accused, Martin Morris, has consistently denied her claims and was acquitted of all charges, which were dropped after Ms Cahill withdrew her evidence.
She said: “The only word I have for it is interrogation, because that’s exactly how it felt. They told me that they were going to read my body language to see who was telling the truth and that they were going to bring him into a room.”
Gerry Adams has denied telling Mairia that sometimes abuse victims “actually enjoy it”.
Last year he came under fire after his brother Liam was jailed for sexually abusing his own daughter.
The 59-year-old is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence for raping and abusing Aine Dahlstrom when she was aged between four and nine in the late 70s and early 80s.
During a first trial which collapsed, Mr Adams told the court he confronted his brother about the allegations in 1987 and Liam denied the abuse.
He then revealed his brother later confessed to him in 2000.
Liam’s conviction led to pressure on his brother to explain why he did not contact police over the abuse allegations when he first learnt of them.
Gerry Adams told the first trial in April last year, that he warned a priest, who is now dead, about his brother’s sinister past and the pair became estranged after the allegations emerged.
Recent allegations of historical child abuse against political figures has forced the British Government to set up an official inquiry.
hairwoman Fiona Woolf is expected to examine abuse by MPs, in care homes and schools, and is now facing calls to expand her investigation to cover the role of the intelligence services.
Labour MP Tom Watson said: “There have been rumours that the intelligence services had knowledge of child abuse for a number of years.
"That is why it’s essential that the inquiry is given full access to intelligence service files on this subject.”
Labour MP Simon Danczuk, who exposed the truth about paedophile Liberal MP Cyril Smith, said: “The exploitation of children by the secret services and members of the establishment comes as no surprise.
"We are discovering a history of poor children being treated like disposable goods by people in high places and no one batted an eyelid.”
When approached about our story regarding Joe Cahill, a Sinn Fein spokesperson said: “This is contemptible. It is gutter journalism of the worst kind.”
16.32... Charles Orr told us that he had been told that "[Thomas] Dawson walked into the room and said 'we're not here to mess about with people sticking their cocks up young boys' arses, what we're going to do is this' ie. a deal, and I'm told defense counsel were absolutely stunned." All defense counsel are agreed that no such thing was said and that they were not "stunned." We are accordingly unable to account for the version of the meeting which Charles Orr heard or the version which is set out in the Orr report.
coffin_dodger » Sun Jul 13, 2014 2:44 pm wrote:That wouldn't be Attorney General Michael Havers, the man who would ultimately have had the files passed across his desk during the 1980's, would it? You know, those files that were 'lost'? And he wouldn't be the brother of Lady Butler-Scloss, the woman currently tasked with looking in to all this, by Cameron, would he? You know, that Lady Butler-Schloss, who headed up the enquiry into Princess Diana's not at-all-suspicious death and found no foul play? Never!
Police investigation into 'murder linked to VIP paedophile abuse network'
JUSTIN DAVENPORT, CRIME EDITOR
Published: 14 November 2014 Updated: 15:29, 14 November 2014
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/scotland-yard-probe-into-murder-linked-to-vip-paedophile-abuse-network-9861344.html
Scotland Yard is investigating allegations of a murder associated with claims of a VIP paedophile abuse ring.
Detectives investigating claims of historic child sex abuse say they have received reports about a “possible homicide.”
In an extraordinary statement the Met refused to give further details of the inquiry or the victim of the alleged murder.
The chilling disclosure comes after months of investigations into claims that an establishment cover-up was used to conceal the abuse of children.
The homicide claim has emerged during the 22 month investigation into claims that VIPS including politicians preyed on vulnerable children at places like the notorious Elm Guest House in Barnes, south-west London.
The inquiry codenamed Operation Fairbank was launched in January 2013 following allegations made to police by the Labour MP Tom Watson.
The MP raised concerns in the House of Commons about a establishment cover-up of a VIP paedophile ring operating at the guest house.
It is claimed boys from a local care home were taken to the guest house to be abused by VIPs, including an unidentified senior Tory politician.
The guest house closed in 1982 after a police raid during which an under-age boy was removed from the property.
In a statement the Met said : “Over the past month, detectives working on Operation Fairbank within the Met's Specialist Crime and Operations have been made aware of allegations concerning serious non-recent sexual abuse, said to have occurred over 30 years ago.
“Our inquiries into this, over subsequent weeks, have revealed further information regarding possible homicide. “
Police added that details of the murder allegation had not been passed to police before.
In 1990 German Carole Kasir, who ran the guest house at the time of the allegations, was found dead in her flat at the age of 47.
The coroner's inquest concluded that, a diabetic, she had suffered an insulin overdose and had committed suicide.
However, there were claims that she had been murdered to stop her talking about what she knew.
The Yard said : “At this early stage in this inquiry, with much work still to do, it is not appropriate to issue appeals or reveal more information.
“Detectives from the Child Abuse Investigation Command are working closely with colleagues from the Homicide and Major Crime Command concerning this information, which is being looked at under the name of Operation Midland.”
The Met statement comes just days after Home Secretary Theresa May yesterday admitted that the Home Office could have covered up paedophile allegations in the Eighties.
She was commenting on the findings of Peter Wanless, the head of the NSPCC, who caried out an inquiry into how the Home Office dealt with information handed over by the late Conservative MP Geoffrey Dickens, as well as other allegations in 114 missing, lost or destroyed files.
Mr Dickens wrote to Leon Brittan, then the home secretary and now Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, in 1983 to say he would expose eight public figures whom he suspected of child abuse, unless action was taken.
DETECTIVES examining allegations of historic sex abuse have launched a new investigation into “possible homicide”.
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http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/now-police-probe-homicide-in-government-paedophile-ring-1-6953524
Scotland Yard said officers working on Operation Fairbank, which is looking into claims that there was a paedophile ring with links to government, have been made aware of allegations concerning “serious non-recent sexual abuse”, said to have occurred more than 30 years ago.
A spokesman said: “Our inquiries into this, over subsequent weeks, have revealed further information regarding possible homicide. Based on our current knowledge, this is the first time that this specific information has been passed to the Met.”
The new investigation is called Operation Midland.
Scotland Yard added: “At this early stage in this inquiry, with much work still to do, it is not appropriate to issue appeals or reveal more information.
“Detectives from the Child Abuse Investigation Command are working closely with colleagues from the Homicide and Major Crime Command concerning this information, which is being looked at under the name of Operation Midland.”
Operation Fairbank was launched in response to information passed on by MP Tom Watson, who used Prime Minister’s Questions in 2012 to air claims that there was a paedophile ring with links to Number 10.
Mr Watson used parliamentary privilege to allege that a file of evidence used to convict Peter Righton of importing child pornography in 1992 contained ‘’clear intelligence’’ of a sex abuse gang.
He wrote to Scotland Yard, which has since spawned two more inquiries from Fairbank - Fernbridge, which is looking at claims linked to the Elm Guest House in Barnes, south west London, in the 1980s, and Cayacos.
In August Scotland Yard said it had tripled the number of officers investigating the allegations of sex abuse in the wake of the claims of a Westminster cover-up.
Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said the number of officers looking in to decades-old allegations has been beefed up to “well over 20”.
Speaking to the police and crime committee at London’s City Hall, he said of the sex abuse claims: “We’ve tripled the number of people in there this week. Well over 20 people will be dedicated to that and we will make an assessment of the cases.
“It takes a little while because sometimes victims will have moved on to other parts of the country, sometimes abroad, and that poses its own challenges. Not all the people are prepared to tell us all the details or to go on to the criminal justice process.”
The BBC quoted a man who, it claimed, has told police investigating the alleged abuse that “former senior military and political figures”, as well as “law enforcement”, were involved.
According to the broadcaster, the witness, now in his 40s, claimed the group had access to 15 to 20 youngsters.
The man, who was speaking anonymously, said: “It started with my father. It started with quite severe physical abuse, quickly turning into sexual as well.
“Within a very short space of time he had handed me over, or whatever you want to call it, to the group.
“They controlled my life for the next nine years.
“They created fear that penetrated every part of me.
“That was part of my life day in and day out.
“You didn’t question what they wanted, you didn’t hesitate to do what they asked you to do.
“You did what you were told without question or the punishments were very severe.
“They had no hesitation in doing what they wanted to do.
“Some of them were quite open about who they were. They had no fear at all of being caught, it didn’t even cross their mind.
“They could do anything they wanted without question and we were told that.
“I’ve never experienced pain like it and I hope I never do again. Some of it was deliberate because they set rules that were impossible to follow. You couldn’t help but break the rules on occasion and you were punished for that, which some of them enjoyed.
“It is something that stays with you forever. It has destroyed my ability to trust. It’s pretty much wrecked any relationships that I’ve had. Intimacy for me is pretty much a no-go area. It’s been hard, and various things will come along at various parts of your life or the year to trip you up or trigger you because the memories never go.
“Anyone who knew anything, it’s important they come forward too. They need to find the strength that we as survivors have done.
“If they have any suspicions, if they have any concerns, if they know they were part of it, they need to come forward and share what they know.
“People who drove us around could come forward. Staff in some of the locations could come forward. There are so many people who must have had suspicions. We weren’t smuggled in under a blanket through the back door; it was done openly and people must’ve questioned that. They need to come forward.”
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