UNITED KINGDOM
Belfast Telegraph
10 JULY 2014
Scotland Yard has tripled the number of officers investigating historic allegations of sex abuse in the wake of claims of a Westminster cover-up over a paedophile ring.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said today that the number of officers looking in to decades-old allegations has been beefed up to “well over 20”.
However he also said that 130 staff, including 112 officers, are still working on the inquiries into alleged phone hacking and bribery by journalists.
Speaking to the Police and Crime Committee at London’s City Hall he said of the sex abuse claims: “We’ve tripled the number of people in there this week. Well over 20 people will be dedicated to that and we will make an assessment of the cases.
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