Establishment covered up child abuse claims to protect senior MPs, inquiry finds
The Westminster strand of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said institutions turned ‘a blind eye’ to allegations over decades.
The Westminster strand of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said institutions turned ‘a blind eye’ to allegations over decades.
American suspect Anne Sacoolas had reportedly worked as a CIA agent in a rank senior to her husband.
Stephanie Barwise QC said: “The timing of this application is highly disingenuous and bears all the hallmarks of sabotage of this inquiry. The firefighters were just as much at risk of prosecution under the Health and Safety at work Act and yet freely gave their evidence without seeking undertakings.”
Michael Mansfield QC, for victims, said there is ‘overwhelming’ opposition to an application for immunity from prosecution for corporate witnesses.
Celotex cynically exploited the ‘smoke of confusion’ surrounding building regulations, counsel for the blaze victims said.
A source close to the Duke of York reportedly said Andrew is happy to talk to the FBI but has not been approached by them yet.
Sir Martin Moore-Bick said he had been invited to ask the Attorney General for an undertaking so they have ‘complete freedom to tell the truth’.
The second phase of the investigation into the disaster opened on Monday.
It will consider how the block came to be wrapped in flammable cladding, which phase one found was the “principal” reason for the fire’s rapid spread.
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