Senior Lib Dem ‘ordered destruction of document on Cyril Smith abuse claims’

Cyril Smith was a governor at Knowl View school

A senior Liberal Democrat has been accused of ordering a personal assistant to destroy a document containing allegations of abuse and mismanagement against the late paedophile MP Cyril Smith.

Liz Lynne, who is standing to become the party’s president, is alleged to have told her constituency aide to get rid of a document detailing a cover-up at the Knowl View children’s home in Rochdale, which closed in the mid-1990s.

A manager at the home has also accused her of avoiding a meeting to discuss claims that Smith knew about the child abuse taking place at the home and had taken control of it.

The disclosure of the claims follows internal party criticism about the way the Liberal Democrats have responded to serious allegations of sexual misconduct over the past year.  (more...)

Senior Lib Dem ‘ordered destruction of document on Cyril Smith abuse claims’

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