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Met paedophile unit prepares to arrest ex-Tory cabinet minister

Scotland Yard commanders secretly briefed on dramatic plans for police investigation

By David Hencke and Mark Watts | 16 February 2013

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Briefed: Peter Spindler, Met commander

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Peter Spindler, Met commander

Met commanders have received a secret briefing on preparations by Scotland Yard’s paedophile unit to arrest a former Conservative cabinet minister.

They were told of the plans during a highly confidential briefing on progress in two police operations examining allegations of child sex abuse against senior political figures and other VIPs. The detective chief inspector who heads the paedophile unit gave the briefing.

Exaro today makes further disclosures about one of them, ‘Operation Fernbridge’, revealing links between Jimmy Savile, the late BBC star, and the guest house at the centre of an an alleged VIP paedophile ring.

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