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Police watchdog probe over Sir Edward Heath child abuse claims
The police watchdog is to investigate claims a child sex abuse case was dropped because of threats to expose former Prime Minister Edward Heath.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said the inquiry concerns Wiltshire Police's handling of an alleged claim made in the 1990s.
It will also look at whether the force later took any steps to investigate these claims.
Anyone with information that can assist police is being asked to come forward.
The allegations were referred to the IPCC by a retired senior officer.
Sir Edward died at his home in Salisbury in 2005 aged 89.
An IPCC spokesman said: "It is alleged that a criminal prosecution was not pursued, when a person threatened to expose that Sir Edward Heath may have been involved in offences concerning children.
"In addition to this allegation, the IPCC will examine whether Wiltshire Police subsequently took any steps to investigate these claims."
In a statement, Wiltshire Police said: "Sir Edward Heath has been named in relation to offences concerning children.
"He lived in Salisbury for many years and we would like to hear from anyone who has any relevant information that may assist us in our inquiries or anyone who believes they may have been a victim.
"Some people may never have spoken out about the abuse they have suffered but we would urge them to please contact us and to not suffer in silence."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-33755726
[MENTION=7774]Robert[/MENTION]. Last time a thread was raised on PP, you were robustly arguing against the possibility of Sir Edward Heath being involved. Unless this new probe is again quietly buried, as has been the case many times thus far when allegations have been made against other senior politicians - allegations which have only been followed up long up after the politicians have died (as was the case with Sir Jimmy Saville and Sir Cyril Smith), and more recently Sir Leon Brittan, hope you will be following the events closely before jumping to the defence again.
Interestingly, right until his death, the authorities were still taking Sir Leon Brittan's word that he had handed over the dossier to the Home Office, given to him by Geoffrey Dickens MP when Sir Leon Brittan was the Home Secretary, containing allegations against other MP's and senior figures, and which miraculously went missing with no trace of it ever having been in the Home Office. Little did Geoffrey Dickens know that he was handing the dossier of allegations over to one of the leaders of the gang who's members were amongst those accused.


