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
OPERATION CLARENCE 1992 High Level Connections In September 1992, Customs Officers along with detectives from West Mercia Police at Evesham, raided a house after intercepting a parcel from the Netherlands which contained child pornography material. That same day, a detective who had been part of the raid telephoned Michael Hames of the Metropolitan Police with… Continue reading OPERATION CLARENCE: Peter Righton, 1992
In 1975 Granada TV showed a ground-breaking documentary on young runaways and life on the “meat rack” in London’s West End. As the programme makers filmed, real life events took over the storyline and a simple, (albeit shocking in itself) documentary turned in to a double-length programme that covered the real life, seedy, gritty, dangerous… Continue reading THE SOHO CONNECTIONS: Johnny Go Home – 1975
Sorry!…. I normally reserve this blog for formal research reference points, but today I’m going to break my rules slightly because I’m incensed by the findings of the Smith Review and so angry on behalf of the victims who have been wronged… again. Yet again the BBC has been absolved of any real responsibility for… Continue reading Dame Janet Smith Review -Savile & BBC
The truly vile group created by and for truly vile individuals. It was founded in 1974 and disbanded in 1984 following public protest against their repugnant views. Wikipedia: PIE The group was affiliated to the National Council for Civil Liberties, whose members included Harriet HARMAN, Jack DROMEY and Patricia HEWITT. Wikipedia: NCCL Adrian FULFORD,… Continue reading PIE: Paedophile Information Exchange
