INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE WITNESS STATEMENT WESTMINSTER STRAND OHY005577 On the final day of the three weeks of hearings of the Westminster strand of the inquiry, a number of documents were quietly uploaded to the iiCSA site. No mention had been made about them previously, and no announcement was made about their… Continue reading IICSA: WITNESS STATEMENT – WESTMINSTER STRAND: OHY005577 (Part one)
HERMAN JACOB SPIELMAN DR QUACK, THE TRAFFICKER, PROCURER AND INTERNATIONAL PORNOGRAPHER PAEDOPHILE INFORMATION EXCHANGE MEMBER In the latter half of 1978, three trials took place involving a ‘Mr Spielman’. One of those trials involved a man named Richard Maurice Clive Bigham, or to give him his correct title, Master of Nairn, Viscount Mersey. Whilst Bigham’s name hit… Continue reading PIE MEMBER: HERMAN JACOB SPIELMAN (DR QUACK), THE TRAFFICKER, PROCURER AND INTERNATIONAL PORNOGRAPHER
PAEDOPHILE INFORMATION EXCHANGE (PIE) CHARLES NAPIER – No.116 Following on from my list of PIE members blog post, I thought I’d look at some of the depraved individuals – starting with it’s treasurer – Charles Napier, member number 116. Charles Napier is the half brother of John Whittingdale, the Conservative MP for Maldon. It’s hard… Continue reading PIE: CHARLES NAPIER – No.116
NORTHERN IRELAND KINCORA SURVIVOR – RICHARD KERR On 13th November 2017, Villagemagazine.ie published a very moving and eye-opening account of Richard Kerr’s experiences within the care system of Northern Ireland, and his subsequent abuse at the hands of some very powerful people. I have chosen to blog it in full as I believe it… Continue reading NORTHERN IRELAND: Kincora Survivor – Richard Kerr
ISLINGTON THE CONNECTIONS LEADING TO PIE CONNECTION 1: REV NICOLAS STACEY Without much fanfare, a recent article revealed that former vicar, Nicolas Stacey, had instructed his staff at Kent Social Services not to report paedophiles: An interview with Stacey discovered in 2017 revealed a culture that enabled child abuse in the 1970s and ‘80s.… Continue reading ISLINGTON: The Connections Leading to PIE
CLIFFORD LUTON EX-BBC REPORTER Clifford Luton was a BBC reporter for 15 years between the 1960s and 1970s. Despite numerous court appearances charged with abusing children, the justice system never seemed to conclude a case against him and in one of the later trials, part of the case wasn’t heard in court. I have my… Continue reading BBC: CLIFFORD LUTON: Ex-BBC Reporter
LIZ DAVIES FORMER ISLINGTON SOCIAL WORKER Islington Survivors Network This week Liz gave an interview to Camden Community Radio and I have transcribed it here for your information. Liz was also joined by two survivors – Jane – who spent her childhood in the care of Islington – and Jo, who was also in Islington… Continue reading A WHISTLEBLOWER SPEAKS: Liz Davies – Islington Survivors Network
PADDINGTON AND THE VICE RING(S) Paddington seems to crop up time and again whenever I read in to London vice rings, so I’ve collated a number of stories connected with the area. The most interesting is that during the 1970s at least three vice rings were operating in the same road. Were they connected or… Continue reading PADDINGTON VICE
POLICE WHISTLEBLOWER, THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SENIOR CLERGY “…if you’re not open and honest about what you are doing with your investigations and your inquiries, people will start to think that bad things are happening.” Terry Shutt, a former detective constable, spoke to Tom Bateman on BBC Radio 4 in 2014 about his time investigating a… Continue reading A WHISTLEBLOWER SPEAKS: Establishment Paedophiles: Operation Clarence
THE BRIXTON BROTHEL PAEDOPHILE GANG 1969 In 1970 six men appeared at the Old Bailey charged with offences against young children. All six were found guilty and all subsequently jailed for differing amounts of time. They were: JOHN AUSTIN NAPIER, 57, a post office telegraphist who lived at 42 Solon Road, Brixton. Admitted 28 charges… Continue reading THE BRIXTON BROTHEL
