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UK child abuse inquiry CYRIL SMITH ACCUSER CALLS FOR DAVID STEEL TO BE PROSECUTED Alleged child abuse victim says Steel should be arrested for failingto report Smith
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David Steel announced his retirement from the House of Lords on Tuesday. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA A man who says that he was sexually abused by Cyril Smithas an 11-year-old
in a children’s home has said David Steel’s withdrawal from public life does little to acknowledge the pain of Smith’s many victims. The former Liberal party leader Lord Steel, 81, quit the Lib Dems and withdrew from the Lords on Tuesday after being criticised by the inquiry into child sexual abuse for failing to pass on allegations that Smith was a child abuser because it was “past history”. “If Steel had acted in 1979, there were others who would not have gone through what I went through,” said Michael, 62. “Steel should be stripped of all of it. He shouldn’t be a lord. I remember that children’s home every night. The abuse stays with you and you keepliving it.”
Michael said he would like to see Steel arrested and prosecuted for failing to report a criminal act. “If the police can prosecute others for not reporting a crime, why should Steel get away with it just because he has been in the House ofLords ?” he said.
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THE SCOPE OF THE REPORT The inquiry focused on a relatively small number of cases: • SIR CYRIL SMITH (Liberal MP for Rochdale between 1972 and 1992) He was investigated during his lifetime for sexually abusing boys at Cambridge House hostel in the town. No charges were ever broughtagainst him.
• SIR PETER MORRISON (Conservative MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992) The former parliamentary private secretary to Margaret Thatcher, minister for energy and deputy chair of the Conservative Party. Rumours of his 'penchant for small boys' even reached MI5 who warned the cabinet secretary about his reported activity. No onealerted the police.
• SIR PETER HAYMAN (A senior diplomat in the 1960s and 70s) He was a leading member of the Paedophile Information Exchange. Two other activists were prosecuted for conspiracy to send obscene material through the post but Hayman appears to have evaded charges, the report said, 'on the basis of who he was'. • THE PAEDOPHILE INFORMATION EXCHANGE An activist group promoting sex with children and changes to the law on consent, which received support for its aims from the National Council for Civil Liberties. There was no conclusive evidence of Home Office funding in the 1970s,the report said.
• VICTOR MONTAGU (Conservative MP for South Dorset from 1941 to 1962) He was cautioned over allegations that he had indecently assaulted a 10-year-old boy. Papers for the case went to the Director of Public Prosecutions who 'treated Montagu as a man of goodcharacter'.
• CARL BEECH His child sex abuse allegations against a number of prominent public figures – including Sir Edward Heath, Lord Brittan, Lord Bramall and the former heads of MI5 and MI6 – were dismissed as 'lurid' claims. Beech, also known as ‘Nick’, is serving 18 years in prison for perverting the course of justice. Photograph: Matt Dunham/APWas this helpful?
Thank you for your feedback. Michael said he was sent to Knowl View in Rochdale in 1969, not long after the school had opened, to escape an abusive father. He quickly learnt that Smith, a governor at the home, was a regular visitor who was given access to the boys and even had his own especially large, reinforced chair. One evening, he was cornered by Smith in the staff room. “He made me cry, he hurt me. He was massive and I wasn’t even four feet tall. He shouted at me and pulled me on to his knee. And then he got me to put my hand on him and stuff like that. “If a teacher hadn’t walked in, I don’t know what would have happened. Smith stopped, and let me go. I ran off,” Michael said. Weeks later, Michael reported Smith’s behaviour to a teacher but was beaten for complaining about a powerful local politician. GUARDIAN TODAY: THE HEADLINES, THE ANALYSIS, THE DEBATE - SENT DIRECTTO YOU
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“I told a teacher because I did not understand what was happening – I didn’t understand sex or paedophiles or anything like that. I got a good hiding for it, and the teacher told me I was trying to ruin a man’s career,” Michael said. Smith was not the only abuser at the school. David Higgins, a teacher
who was later convicted of child sexual abuse, would “shower and soap down boys”, Michael said. Tuesday’s report found that political institutions “regularly put their own reputations or political interests before childprotection”.
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Steel said he did not ask the party to launch a formal inquiry into Smith because the alleged incidents had already been investigated by police and took place before Smith was voted in as an MP in 1972 and before he joined the Liberal party. He later went on to pass a recommendation that Smith should receive a knighthood in 1988, which was successful. Smith subsequently faced numerous allegations of abuse after 1979. Greater Manchester police and the Crown Prosecution Service have conceded that Smith, who died in 2010, would have faced multiple child sex charges if he were still alive. Michael, who gave evidence to the inquiry, said that he was moved on to other children’s homes soon after disclosing abuse at the handsof Smith.
Matt Baker, the co-author of a book that disclosed child abuse by Smith, said: “People like David Steel protected Cyril and gave him a licence to carry on abusing. That he nominated Smith for a knighthood is disgusting and only adds insult to injury. There should be no place in politics for people like Steel.” The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse criticised political groups for not acting on complaints and accused Steel of an “abdication of responsibility”. In a statement released on Tuesday, Steel said he would “enjoy a quiet retirement away from public life” because he wanted to avoid “distress” for his family and “turmoil” for his party. “Dealing with such cases is the IICSA’s legitimate role. I believe in the highest standards of human rights, particularly for young andvulnerable people.
“Not having secured a parliamentary scalp, I fear that I have been made a proxy for Cyril Smith,” he said. Richard Scorer, a specialist abuse lawyer at Slater & Gordon who represents eight alleged victims of Smith, said: “This is an extraordinarily mealy-mouthed and ungracious resignation statement from Lord Steel. There is not even a hint of an apology to Smith’s victims, and in resigning Steel seeks to portray himself as the victim here, which is utterly ludicrous and shameful.” AMERICA FACES AN EPIC CHOICE... ... this year, and the results will define the country for a generation. These are perilous times. Over the last three years, much of what the Guardian holds dear has been threatened – democracy, civility, truth. This US administration is establishing new norms of behaviour. Anger and cruelty disfigure public discourse and lying is commonplace. Truth is being chased away. But with your help we can continue to put it center stage. Rampant disinformation, partisan news sources and social media's tsunami of fake news is no basis on which to inform the American public in 2020. The need for a robust, independent press has never been greater, and with your support we can continue to provide fact-based reporting that offers public scrutiny and oversight. Our journalism is free and open for all, but it's made possible thanks to the support we receive from readers like you across America in all 50states.
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