Sir Edward Heath child abuse claims investigated by IPCC

‘The Independent Police Complaint’s Commission (IPCC) has announced a formal inquiry into claims that Wiltshire Police did not properly follow up allegations of child sexual abuse against Sir Edward Heath.

Sir Edward Heath, who was a Conservative prime minister from 1970-1974, died at his home in Salisbury in 2005, aged 89. The child sex abuse allegations were made to the police during the 1990s, and now the IPCC is specifically looking at how the force responded to the allegations.

It comes after a retired senior police officer suggested Wiltshire Police failed to investigate the child sexual abuse claim and a criminal prosecution was not pursued because it may have exposed Sir Edward Heath as having been involved in offences concerning children.’

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