Sunday, April 13, 2014

Cyril Smith victims may sue LibDems as a powerful book reveals how paedophile politician's crimes were covered up


Victims of Cyril Smith are threatening to sue the Liberal Democrats for covering up his decades of sickening sexual abuse.

As MPs and child abuse charities call for a full inquiry into Smith’s paedophile activities over more than 40 years, six victims said that they would issue writs for damages if it could be shown the LibDems had known about Smith’s abuse but failed to try to stop him.

Former Children’s Minister Tim Loughton called for Smith to be posthumously stripped of his knighthood following devastating revelations about his depravity in a book by Rochdale Labour MP Simon Danczuk, being serialised by the Daily Mail.

And Greater Manchester Police announced they are carrying out a new investigation into abuse at a residential school in Rochdale where Smith carried out regular attacks on boys.  (more...)


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