UNITED KINGDOM
Channel 4
Former child protection officer Peter McKelvie has resigned from his role as an adviser to the Goddard child abuse inquiry.
Mr McKelvie is seen as a key figure in the events leading up to the launch of the controversial police investigation into allegations of a Westminster paedophile ring.
He claimed last year that at least 20 prominent paedophiles, including former MPs and government ministers, abused children for “decades”.
In 2012, he contacted Labour MP Tom Watson, now deputy leader of the party, with his concerns. Mr Watson subsequently told the Commons that the police should investigate “clear intelligence suggesting a powerful paedophile network linked to parliament and No. 10”.
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