Ex-Met officer: Royal pedophile allegations dropped

A former British police officer has claimed that an investigation into a pedophile ring back in 1980s was suspended over the involvement of a member of the British royal family.

“I was in a car with two other vice squad officers. They were discussing a madam who had provided a girl of about 15 to Oliver Reed...the detective sergeant said he had just had a major child abuse investigation shut down by the CPS [Crown Prosecution Service] regarding a royal and an MP...he did not mention names, but he said the CPS had said it was not in the public’s interest because it ‘could destabilize national security,” the former Metropolitan Police officer told the Sunday Mirror.

The unnamed officer said the probe was stopped for national security reasons.

A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace has described the allegations as “speculative stories”, saying it will not comment on such issues.

Meanwhile, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has said that it is probing into cover-up allegations from the 1970s to 2005.

Crackdown on pedophiles

Earlier this month British authorities announced that they have charged more than 240 people with sexual abuse of children.

The National Crime Agency says police staff, teachers and civil servants are among those charged with possessing child abuse images.

More than 740 people have been arrested as part of a nationwide investigation launched into the case just over a year ago.

Hundreds of other suspects are still under investigation. Authorities are also under fire for quote-failing to act quickly enough on information about the issue which had been provided by Canadian police.

Scotland Yard is investigating a document which contains names of 22 high profile figures, including three serving MPs and three members of the House of Lords, who have been allegedly involved  the suspected Westminster pedophile ring during the 1970s and 1980s.

Labour MP John Mann first reported evidence to the police about a Tory cabinet minister being involved in child sex abuse in 1989.

The inquiry, however, was discarded three month later on "orders of those at the top."

Mann has contended that there could be many more names added to the pedophile list.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, amid growing public pressure, has agreed to open his Conservative party central office for an investigation.

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