UNITED KINGDOM
International Business Times
By Ewan Palmer
July 20, 2015
Former home secretary Leon Brittan and ex-MI6 agent Peter Hayman are among the suspects who were involved in paedophile rings operating in the 1980s, according to reports.
The late Conservative MP and British diplomat were both named by alleged victims during an investigation by Australian current affairs programme 60 Minutes entitled Spies, Lords and Predators.
The show’s reporter, Ross Coulthart, said the allegations of a paedophile ring involving politicians, lords, the police and other high-profile names as “Britain’s biggest ever scandal”, which has the potential to “rock the establishment”.
One of those who spoke on the programme accused Brittan of regularly abusing children at the Dolphin Square estate in Pimlico in London – the guest house where former Liberal MP Cyril Smith is believed to have taken part in paedophile orgies.
The alleged victim, named only as Darren, told 60 Minutes: “[Lord Brittan] liked boys to dress in women’s underwear and he liked to be alone in the room to punish you for wearing underwear.”
Brittan, who died in January aged 75, was accused by Geoffrey Dickens of “mishandling” a dossier detailing allegations of a paedophile ring operating in the 1980s. Before his death, Brittan denied failing to sufficiency deal with the documents – which have since been lost – as well as being involved in a cover up of the abuse.
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