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| Ted Heath has been accused of raping a 12-year-old boy who said he worked out his identity after seeing a picture of him with Margaret Thatcher (right) and Dame Pat Hornsby Smith (left). |
The alleged rape victim, now 65, claims he was walking along the A2 in north Kent in 1961 when the former prime minister slowed down and asked if he wanted to stay at his flat in Mayfair.
It was only four years later he recognised Sir Edward as his alleged abuser when he saw a photo of him in the paper sharing a joke with Margaret Thatcher and Tory peer Dame Pat Hornsby Smith.
He claims two months after the alleged attack he went to the authorities who dismissed him as a 'fantasist' and a 'liar'.
It also emerged today Sir Edward is being investigated by Scotland Yard as part of Operation Midland, an inquiry into claims a VIP paedophile ring operated in the 1970s and 1980s,
The man, who cannot be named, spoke out after it was revealed police are being investigated over sensational claims they covered up separate child sex allegations against the former Tory leader.
It is understood the cover-up claims stem from a case involving a woman accused of running a brothel. Sources close to the independent inquiry suggested the woman was charged but the case never reached trial.
The suggestion is that the woman escaped justice by threatening to 'out' Sir Edward during public proceedings – but the case fell apart 'mysteriously'. Investigators want to know whether there was a direct link between the collapse of the prosecution and child sex allegations made against the ex-PM.
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