Notorious paedophile Peter Righton boasted of links

Notorious paedophile Peter Righton boasted of links to ­powerful figures in government, according to new testimony from one of his victims, the Sunday People reports.

Speaking out for the first time, the man claims Righton’s evil network stretched to the top of the UK establishment.

As well as naming a senior UK politician, the victim also told us Righton – once the most respected childcare expert in Britain – brought him into contact with ­paedophile MP Cyril Smith.

He said: “People have talked about a paedophile ring working in the UK.

“This was not just a ring – it’s more like the Olympic rings, interlocking on a ­large scale. It went everywhere. I believe it went to the heart of the Establishment.

“It needs to be investigated properly.”

The new revelations back up MP Tom Watson’s claims in Parliament that Righton was linked to a VIP child abuse network that reached as far as 10 Downing Street.

The victim, now in his 40s, told how Righton and members of his infamous Paedophile Information Exchange groomed him and sexually abused him in London from the age of 11 in 1977 until he was 16.

He said Righton told him: “We can look after you and protect you. I have a friend who works in the government. He will be able to help.”

Righton named the man, whom we ­cannot identify for legal reasons, as a former senior government minister.

The victim, who fell into Righton’s ­clutches while at a school for troubled youngsters, also claims disgraced Liberal MP Cyril Smith had links to the network.

He told us: “There was one time I was out with Righton in one of the parks.

“He stopped the car and got out and went to speak to a guy, a big fat bloke.

“Righton kept pointing at me in the car and this fat man was looking over and ­smiling. It wasn’t until many years later I realised it was Cyril Smith.”

The victim has agreed for the Sunday People to pass his details to Scotland Yard’s Operation Fairbank, which is investigating allegations involving Righton, now dead.

In a linked probe, Operation Fernbridge is investigating the notorious Elm guest house, south-west London, where VIPs including Cyril Smith – who died in 2010 – allegedly abused boys from a care home.

The property is now private flats.

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/new-victim-links-notorious-paedophile-1815932