The Power of the Paedos - another high profile case hits the 'never happened' wall?

[David Guyatt]

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leon brittan and the leeds child abuse dossier

june 19, 2013
leeds

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in february 1985, the yorkshire evening post revealed that a horrifying dossier on child prostitution in leeds involving girls as young as nine has been compiled by shocked social services chiefs.
as many as 60 under-age girls are known to have been involved in illegal sex activities…in the south leeds area
eight of the girls involved had been taken into the care of the local authority at some stage and six of them were still in care today
councillor bernard atha, the chairman of the city's social services committee, said he was horrified by the magnitude of the problem', which he believed was the largest case of its kind in the country.
The mp for leeds south, merlyn rees, obviously agreed with councillor atha's assessment of the scale of the problem, as four days later the yorkshire evening post reported that he was to write to the home secretary, leon brittan.
Mr rees said "it is very worrying and obviously something needs to be done. This could be just the tip of the iceberg and i want the home secretary to investigate".
So, what did leon brittan do about it?
There were no statements read by him in parliament, and unless a government initiative to crack down on child abuse was launched in secret, it seems mr. Brittan did nothing.
A news report from june 1985 said that "three new cases of paid sex involving under-age children were being investigated" so the problem obviously hadn't been solved. 120 girls had been questioned, but there's nothing in the report about the ringleaders who were sexually exploiting children being arrested.
Perhaps bernard atha, who is still a leeds councillor, can shed some light on this?
Yorkshire evening post, 14th february 1985
yorkshire evening post, 18th february 1985
daily express, 24th june 1985

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