Cyril Smith was not prosecuted for child sex abuse because establishment was scared who he would name in court, detective claims

‘Cyril Smith was not taken to court when paedophilia allegations emerged in the 1960s because of concerns that other high-profile sex offenders would be exposed, a retired detective has claimed.

Scotland Yard is already facing allegations of a cover-up after the BBC’s Newsnight reported claims that criminal evidence, including photos and videos of men abusing teenage boys, was buried in the 1980s.

Smith, a Liberal MP who died in 2010, was taken into custody after police walked into a “sex party” at a house in London but released within hours without charge, according to the programme.’

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