UNITED KINGDOM
The Independent
Child sex abuse: Judges, MPs, media entertainers, actors, police and clergy implicated in Met Police corruption probe
LOULLA-MAE ELEFTHERIOU-SMITH Sunday 29 March 2015
The Metropolitan Police is being investigated over further allegations of corruption in relation to child sex offences dating back to the 1970s, including the claim that evidence gathered against MPs, judges, media entertainers, police, clergy and actors was dropped due to police intervention.
The fresh allegations are in addition to the 14 cases being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), revealed earlier this month, dating from the 1970s to the 2000s.
The three new investigations relate to allegations about police suppressing evidence, hindering or halting investigations, and covering up offences due to the involvement of members of parliament and police officers.
One case addressed the allegation that a child abuse investigation in central London, which gathered evidence against MPs, judges, media entertainers, police, actors, clergy, and others, was dropped. It has been claimed that two months after the file had been submitted to start proceedings against those identified, an officer was called in by a senior Met officer and told to drop the case.
The two further allegations relate to a child abuse investigation conducted in the 1980s, with one relating directly to police actions in the case.
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