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| ‘VIP sex ring’ detectives investigate murder of three boys | ‘VIP sex ring’ detectives investigate murder of three boys |
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| Scotland Yard is investigating the possible murder of three boys linked to an alleged Westminster paedophile ring active in the late 1970s and early 80s. | Scotland Yard is investigating the possible murder of three boys linked to an alleged Westminster paedophile ring active in the late 1970s and early 80s. |
| Detectives working on the Operation Midland investigation into the historical “VIP” sex ring appealed on Thursday for witnesses to help them with their inquiries. | Detectives working on the Operation Midland investigation into the historical “VIP” sex ring appealed on Thursday for witnesses to help them with their inquiries. |
| Det Supt Kenny McDonald, the lead officer for the operation, said: “I appeal to men who were subjected to abuse 30 years ago to come forward. We are also investigating the murder of three young boys – we are determined to find answers.” | Det Supt Kenny McDonald, the lead officer for the operation, said: “I appeal to men who were subjected to abuse 30 years ago to come forward. We are also investigating the murder of three young boys – we are determined to find answers.” |
| He said one alleged victim, known as Nick, had come forward, claiming he was abused from the age of seven to 16 at a number of locations, including a flat in Dolphin Square on the banks of the river Thames. | |
| Nick alleged he was abused by single men, groups of men and at “parties”, and that other boys were present and were also abused. McDonald said: “I believe what Nick is saying is credible and true.” | |
| No further details of the alleged murders were given by detectives. | |
| Appealing for witnesses, McDonald said people who lived at or visited Dolphin Square in Pimlico, central London, in the 1970s “will have seen or heard something that they only understand the significance of now”. | Appealing for witnesses, McDonald said people who lived at or visited Dolphin Square in Pimlico, central London, in the 1970s “will have seen or heard something that they only understand the significance of now”. |
| The residential development near parliament has long been popular with MPs. | The residential development near parliament has long been popular with MPs. |
| Inquiries are also focused on other locations in London and the south of England, including military establishments. | Inquiries are also focused on other locations in London and the south of England, including military establishments. |
| Last month the father of an eight-year-old boy who was murdered 33 years ago claimed his son may have been killed by the paedophile ring. | |
| Vishambar Mehrotra, a 69-year-old retired magistrate, recorded a male prostitute saying in a telephone call that his son Vishal may have been abducted and taken to the Elm Guest House in Barnes, south-west London, in 1981, the Daily Telegraph reported. | |
| Mehrotra took the recording to the Metropolitan police at the time but told the newspaper that they refused to investigate an allegation implicating “judges and politicians”. | |
| The skull and several rib bones of Vishal were discovered in 1982 by pigeon shooters in remote marshland at Durford Abbey farm in Rogate, close to the Hampshire-West Sussex border. | |
| Vishal, from Putney, south-west London, disappeared while shopping with his nanny and sister on 29 July 1981. | |
| Mehrotra told the newspaper: “I was contacted by a young man who seemed to be in his 20s. He told me he believed Vishal may have been taken by paedophiles in the Elm Guest House near Barnes Common. | |
| “He said there were very highly placed people there. He talked about judges and politicians who were abusing little boys.” |