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A 60-year-old man has claimed he that was raped by Sir Edward Heath, the former Prime Minister of UK. The victim stated that he was 12-years-old when Heath had allegedly raped him in his Mayfair apartment in 1961.
The police also launched an inquiry into the alleged “cover-up” of child sex abuse allegations levelled at the former PM.
Heath was Prime Minister between 1970 and 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975 when he lost the leadership to Margaret Thatcher. He died in 2005 at the age of 89.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), said the claim of child sexual abuse had been made to Wiltshire police in southwest England, where Heath lived for much of his life. It gave no details of the alleged abuse nor of the complainant.
“This is an investigation into allegations Wiltshire Police did not pursue a criminal prosecution when a person threatened to expose that Sir Edward Heath may have been involved in offences concerning children,” the IPCC said in a statement.
The IPCC will also examine whether Wiltshire Police subsequently took any steps to investigate the claims.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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