Two Arrested in Elm House Paedophile Ring Investigation

By Martin Evans
The Telegraph
February 6, 2013

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9852237/Two-arrested-in-Elm-House-paedophile-ring-investigation.html

Elm House paedophile ring investigation

Detectives investigating allegations of a paedophile ring operating at a children’s home in London in the 1970s and 1980s have arrested two men on suspicion of sexual offences.

The men, aged 66 and 70, were arrested in raids at their homes in Norfolk and East Sussex this morning.

They are understood to be former staff connected to the Grafton Close children’s home which was run by Richmond Council in South West London more than 30-years ago.

The arrests were made by officers from Operation Fernbridge, an investigation that was set up by the Metropolitan Police to look into claims that a paedophile ring involving a number of high profile individuals was operating in the Richmond area in the early 1980s.

The investigation was launched following information passed to the police by the Labour MP Tom Watson.

The allegations are understood to involve claims that children at the Grafton Close children’s home were abused both there and at a guesthouse in Barnes, South West London.