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

[David Guyatt]

Thatcher confidant raped boy and police covered crime up

Exclusive: Former Conservative minister Sir Peter Morrison allegedly lured 14-year-old to London and sexually abused him in a guesthouse reportedly used by a Westminster paedophile ring


By Bill Gardner, video by Will Scothern

9:00AM GMT 04 Jan 2015

One of Margaret Thatcher's closest confidantes raped a teenage boy 30 years ago but escaped justice when Scotland Yard covered up the crime, it has been alleged.

Police are investigating claims that Sir Peter Morrison lured the 14-year-old to London and sexually abused him in a guesthouse reportedly used by a Westminster paedophile ring.

A former Conservative minister, Morrison was first exposed as a serial child abuser in 1998, three years after he died from a heart attack. But the MP for Chester was never charged with any crime during his lifetime.

Speaking to The Telegraph, the alleged victim, now aged 46, said he and his family reported Morrison to Scotland Yard in 1982, hours after the teenager had escaped the MP's clutches.

Yet after he gave a statement and was examined by doctors, the family say they heard nothing for months.

Finally, the boy's father says he was informed by Scotland Yard that the abuser had been sent to prison for assaulting his son, and that no further action was needed.
However it was only years later, the family claim, that they discovered the culprit's true identity. They then discovered Morrison had never in fact been jailed for any crime, and that police had apparently duped them into dropping the allegation.
The man, now a married businessman, is the first of Morrison's alleged victims to speak publicly. His disturbing story is backed up by his parents and is being investigated as part of Operation Fairbank, set up by the Met two years ago to probe suggestions that high profile political figures had been involved in organised child sex abuse.
He is now preparing to take legal action against the force, who he claims "hushed the whole thing up".

Sir Peter Morrison with Margaret Thatcher, and the notorious Elm Guest House in Barnes where he allegedly abused a 14-year-old boy
An Old Etonian and barrister by background, Peter Morrison was Lady Thatcher's trusted parliamentary private secretary and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. In 1990, he led Thatcher's disastrous leadership campaign team when she lost power.
It was first reported in 1998 that Morrison had been arrested for molesting underage boys during his career, but had been let off with a police caution. In 2002, Edwina Currie, the former Tory minister, revealed that Morrision was a "noted pederast" in her diaries. He has also been linked to the child abuse scandal at care homes in North Wales.
Earlier this year, Thatcher's former bodyguard Barry Strevens claimed the former prime minister was told about Morrison's alleged penchant for under-age boys but appointed him deputy party chairman despite the rumours.
Norman Tebbit has also admitted that "rumours had got to my ears" that Morrison was a paedophile more than a decade before the truth was exposed.
The new allegations against Morrison and Scotland Yard come after the father of an eight year old boy murdered in 1981 told The Telegraph in November that his son may have died at the hands of a Westminster paedophile ring, and that police covered it up.
Vishambar Mehrotra, a retired magistrate, recorded a male prostitute saying in a telephone call that his son may have been abducted and taken to the Elm guesthouse in 1981, the same location where the new victim claims Morrison raped him.
Mr Mehrotra took the recording to police at the time but claimed they refused to investigate an allegation implicating "judges and politicians".
Last month, the Met announced it is investigating the alleged murder of three young boys linked to a Westminster paedophile ring active in the late seventies and early eighties.
Officers are probing claims that up to five paedophile rings operated at the heart of Westminster with the involvement of "highly influential" politicians.
A Labour MP said it was "inconceivable" that police would not now arrest and interview some of the politicians he has named in a list handed to detectives.
John Mann, who spent months sifting evidence from members of the public, handed over evidence on 22 politicians including three serving MPs and three members of the House of Lords.
Although some on the list are now dead, it also contains the names of other figures who are still alive but no longer active in Westminster, Mr Mann said.
"There are at least five paedophile rings which involved MPs," he said.
"Each of them involved at least one MP, some involved more, and these were groups of people who knew about the activities of one another.
"In some cases I believe they committed abuse together."
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the force was investigating the alleged victim's claims.

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