Showing posts with label Bryn Estyn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bryn Estyn. Show all posts
Justin Fashanu
On the morning of 3 May 1998, Justin Fashanu was found hanged.
"He gave us the names of two cabinet ministers he claimed he had sex with," said Phil Taylor, a journalist with the People newspaper.
Justin Fashanu, dribbling round ...
Sandusky. Reportedly, the world of sport is used to supply children for sex with top people.
POLICE chiefs are turning a blind eye to top people abusing children in care, says a former child protection officer.
'Cover-up' over VIPs who abuse children in care
The anonymous whistleblower says he was warned by top policemen not to investigate suspected child abusers, including a senior politician and a judge.
The whistleblower says the UK justice system is 'corrupt' and 'rotten to the core'.
He says boys and girls as young as nine have been plied with heroin and raped by top people.
'Cover-up' over VIPs who abuse children in care
Sir Jimmy Savile (left) reportedly supplied children to members of the elite. Reportedly Savile worked for the security services.
During the whistleblower's investigations for one of the UK's biggest police forces, victims mentioned a number of top people.
The whistleblower said: "Those who are abusing children are being protected by the powers that be.
"When I was investigating abuse at low levels, street prostitution, everything was fine but as soon as the evidence started taking me to a higher level, I was told to wind my neck in and not go any further.
'Cover-up' over VIPs who abuse children in care
The whistleblower said: "Among the names given to me by abuse victims were a former Cabinet minister and a judge who had been handing paedophiles soft sentences.
"I spoke to one abuse survivor who was working for a lingerie firm.
"She told me she once took a call from someone asking if they could send two people for a fitting but discretion was absolutely vital and they were willing to pay to keep it hush-hush.
"The two people who turned up to be fitted for women’s underwear were the same former Cabinet minister I had been told about earlier and Stephen Milligan MP, who later died in bizarre circumstances."
'Cover-up' over VIPs who abuse children in care
Chris Fay
Chris Fay, a former child protection officer, says he was threatened with a gun to his head to stop him investigating the London boy brothel known as Elm Guest House.
'Police gunman told me to ignore paedophiles', says ex-child protection officer.
Stephen Milligan
The following is from a forum discussing the "Stephen Milligan MP and Justin Fashanu Murders".
"It was alleged at the time by Scallywag magazine that Stephen Milligan was originally approached by the security services to attempt to dissuade a well-known footballer coming towards the end of his career from continuing to hawk his story of gay sex sessions with two then serving cabinet ministers around Fleet Street.
"Milligan was a well respected MP and part time journalist.
"Milligan allegedly approached the footballer who was not prepared to drop his attempts to sell the story.
Justin Fashanu
"Milligan allegedly reported back to the security services who informed Milligan that unless the footballer did keep matters quiet he would be eliminated.
"Apparently there was more to the story than simply the gay sex aspect, the introduction of the footballer to the cabinet ministers was allegedly arranged by a third party who had very close links with an extremely powerful paedophile ring.
"The implication was that the cabinet ministers may also have been involved with the paedophile ring although this was not confirmed in the Scallywag report, however it was very clearly hinted at...
Stephen Milligan MP and Justin Fashanu Murders
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"The cabinet ministers involved were very high profile indeed and the alleged paedophile link, if revealed, would have had a catastrophic effect on not only public confidence in domestic government but would have had repercussions on the image of Britain right around the world...
"Milligan was allegedly informed by the security services that, his efforts at dissuasion having failed, the footballer would be killed with his death being made to look like an accident
.
"Milligan then allegedly threatened the security services that, if anything happened, he would tell the whole story to The Sunday Times.
"Shortly afterwards Stephen Milligan died, having apparently hanged himself..."
Stephen Milligan MP and Justin Fashanu Murders
"It was made clear to me by the Guildford Police not to even think of raising the name Savile at the time or there would be consequences. A Crown Prosecution Service officer Mr. S also told me the same," said lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano.
Saville and Friends, If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words! | Iceni
The late Michael Colvin MP, friend of Prince Charles.
Michael Colvin was "associated closely with Julian Lewis who is said to be involved with a number of international right wing 'covert' groups linked with high finance, and arms dealing.
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
"Michael Colvin was also associated with two allegedly corrupt and discredited former Parliamentary Lobbyists, Ian Greer (cash for questions) and Derek Laud.
"During a major scandal around the abuse of children in care in Bryn Estyn, in Clwyd, both Laud and Greer's names were mentioned by alleged victims in connection with organised sexual abuse.."
The Bryn Estyn home in Wrexham in Clwyd was the scene of child abuse. "Recent revelations involve the corruption of evidence by senior council officials in North Wales with regard to information supplied to the Waterhouse inquiry into allegations of VIP child abuse in Clwyd."
During the Bryn Estyn scandal a fire in Hove, near Brighton, killed five alleged victims of abuse.
Many people believe the fire was deliberately set.
"With the five young people from Clwyd who died was a Health Visitor from Hampshire where Laud has a home and where Colvin lived."
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
Michael Colvin died at a fire in his Hampshire home.
"He had been speaking to Derek Laud days, if not hours, previously.
"There have been many allegations that Hampshire County Council, through the influence of Derek Laud and his friend Julian Lewis, is a central player in a national paeedophile ring supplying young boys from care systems to VIP's.
"The Crest hotel in Wrexham and an Hotel on Hove seafront have specifically been mentioned...
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
"It has been alleged that officials and councillors in a number of local authorities may be receiving payments for identifying 'appropriate' young people in care and introducing them to the ring...
"Within the list of alleged collaborators with the supply of teenage boys is a Social Services Director, an Assistant Director of Children's Social Services, two chief executives, social workers a number of child protection workers."
Former Leader of Hampshire Council and Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Freddie Emery Wallis was convicted in 2001 of molesting young boys.
Derek Laud, who allegedly pimped his classmates to wealthy and influential adults while still at school. Scallywag alleged that Laud was a sadist, who was particularly violent and without mercy in his treatment of boys. The magazine alleged that on regular occasions his victims would end up in casualty wards. He was a leading political fixer and adviser to Margaret Thatcher
"Diana Princess of Wales opposed the whole culture to which Laud aligns himself and challenged arms dealing with which Julian Lewis is closely linked.
"Deceased investigative journalist Simon Regan challenged both Laud and Lewis frequently and died 'after a short illness' soon after his final tirade against Laud and Lewis.
"The alleged victims of VIP abuse who died in the fire in Palmeira Avenue Hove in 1991 had also linked Laud, Lewis, and Greer, to the circumstances of the abuse they said they had suffered in care."
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
Michael Portillo, former UK Defence Minister, resigned as the result of a homosexual incident.
"Michael Portillo, Peter Lilley, Ian Hamilton, and other Thatcherite politicians of the 1980's were all associated with Laud and Lewis.
"All were alleged to have been guests at paedophile parties in London at which boys from care in a number of local authorities, including North Wales, Shropshire,Hampshire, Dorset, Brighton and Hove and others, were allegedly 'ferried in' with the co-operation of social workers to provide sexual entertainments for the guests.
"It has also been alleged that Portillo freuqently took 'kinky holidays' in North Africa with his friend Derek Laud.
"Portillo insists that Laud was a guest on these holidays of him and his wife, but it has been alleged that hotel records do not confirm that Portillo's wife was there at all.
"Finally there have been specific allegations that the main aim of this ring is not to provide jollies for kinky MP's and others, but to exert influence over them in their work by blackmail."
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POLICE chiefs are turning a blind eye to top people abusing children in care, says a former child protection officer.
'Cover-up' over VIPs who abuse children in care
The anonymous whistleblower says he was warned by top policemen not to investigate suspected child abusers, including a senior politician and a judge.
The whistleblower says the UK justice system is 'corrupt' and 'rotten to the core'.
He says boys and girls as young as nine have been plied with heroin and raped by top people.
'Cover-up' over VIPs who abuse children in care
Sir Jimmy Savile (left) reportedly supplied children to members of the elite. Reportedly Savile worked for the security services.
During the whistleblower's investigations for one of the UK's biggest police forces, victims mentioned a number of top people.
The whistleblower said: "Those who are abusing children are being protected by the powers that be.
"When I was investigating abuse at low levels, street prostitution, everything was fine but as soon as the evidence started taking me to a higher level, I was told to wind my neck in and not go any further.
'Cover-up' over VIPs who abuse children in care
The US government keeps a close eye on events in the UK which might affect security. wonder404: TOP PEOPLE SMEARED
The whistleblower said: "Among the names given to me by abuse victims were a former Cabinet minister and a judge who had been handing paedophiles soft sentences.
"I spoke to one abuse survivor who was working for a lingerie firm.
"She told me she once took a call from someone asking if they could send two people for a fitting but discretion was absolutely vital and they were willing to pay to keep it hush-hush.
"The two people who turned up to be fitted for women’s underwear were the same former Cabinet minister I had been told about earlier and Stephen Milligan MP, who later died in bizarre circumstances."
'Cover-up' over VIPs who abuse children in care
Chris Fay
Chris Fay, a former child protection officer, says he was threatened with a gun to his head to stop him investigating the London boy brothel known as Elm Guest House.
'Police gunman told me to ignore paedophiles', says ex-child protection officer.
Stephen Milligan
The following is from a forum discussing the "Stephen Milligan MP and Justin Fashanu Murders".
"It was alleged at the time by Scallywag magazine that Stephen Milligan was originally approached by the security services to attempt to dissuade a well-known footballer coming towards the end of his career from continuing to hawk his story of gay sex sessions with two then serving cabinet ministers around Fleet Street.
"Milligan was a well respected MP and part time journalist.
"Milligan allegedly approached the footballer who was not prepared to drop his attempts to sell the story.
Justin Fashanu
"Milligan allegedly reported back to the security services who informed Milligan that unless the footballer did keep matters quiet he would be eliminated.
"Apparently there was more to the story than simply the gay sex aspect, the introduction of the footballer to the cabinet ministers was allegedly arranged by a third party who had very close links with an extremely powerful paedophile ring.
"The implication was that the cabinet ministers may also have been involved with the paedophile ring although this was not confirmed in the Scallywag report, however it was very clearly hinted at...
Stephen Milligan MP and Justin Fashanu Murders
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"The cabinet ministers involved were very high profile indeed and the alleged paedophile link, if revealed, would have had a catastrophic effect on not only public confidence in domestic government but would have had repercussions on the image of Britain right around the world...
"Milligan was allegedly informed by the security services that, his efforts at dissuasion having failed, the footballer would be killed with his death being made to look like an accident
."Milligan then allegedly threatened the security services that, if anything happened, he would tell the whole story to The Sunday Times.
"Shortly afterwards Stephen Milligan died, having apparently hanged himself..."
Stephen Milligan MP and Justin Fashanu Murders
Reportedly, Jimmy Savile was named in Operation Ore, the police investigation that caught a number of child sex 'deviants.'
"It was made clear to me by the Guildford Police not to even think of raising the name Savile at the time or there would be consequences. A Crown Prosecution Service officer Mr. S also told me the same," said lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano.
Saville and Friends, If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words! | Iceni
The late Michael Colvin MP, friend of Prince Charles.
Michael Colvin was "associated closely with Julian Lewis who is said to be involved with a number of international right wing 'covert' groups linked with high finance, and arms dealing.
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
"Michael Colvin was also associated with two allegedly corrupt and discredited former Parliamentary Lobbyists, Ian Greer (cash for questions) and Derek Laud.
"During a major scandal around the abuse of children in care in Bryn Estyn, in Clwyd, both Laud and Greer's names were mentioned by alleged victims in connection with organised sexual abuse.."
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
The Bryn Estyn home in Wrexham in Clwyd was the scene of child abuse. "Recent revelations involve the corruption of evidence by senior council officials in North Wales with regard to information supplied to the Waterhouse inquiry into allegations of VIP child abuse in Clwyd."
During the Bryn Estyn scandal a fire in Hove, near Brighton, killed five alleged victims of abuse.
Many people believe the fire was deliberately set.
"With the five young people from Clwyd who died was a Health Visitor from Hampshire where Laud has a home and where Colvin lived."
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
"He had been speaking to Derek Laud days, if not hours, previously.
"There have been many allegations that Hampshire County Council, through the influence of Derek Laud and his friend Julian Lewis, is a central player in a national paeedophile ring supplying young boys from care systems to VIP's.
"The Crest hotel in Wrexham and an Hotel on Hove seafront have specifically been mentioned...
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
"It has been alleged that officials and councillors in a number of local authorities may be receiving payments for identifying 'appropriate' young people in care and introducing them to the ring...
"Within the list of alleged collaborators with the supply of teenage boys is a Social Services Director, an Assistant Director of Children's Social Services, two chief executives, social workers a number of child protection workers."
Former Leader of Hampshire Council and Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Freddie Emery Wallis was convicted in 2001 of molesting young boys.
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
Derek Laud, who allegedly pimped his classmates to wealthy and influential adults while still at school. Scallywag alleged that Laud was a sadist, who was particularly violent and without mercy in his treatment of boys. The magazine alleged that on regular occasions his victims would end up in casualty wards. He was a leading political fixer and adviser to Margaret Thatcher
"Diana Princess of Wales opposed the whole culture to which Laud aligns himself and challenged arms dealing with which Julian Lewis is closely linked.
"Deceased investigative journalist Simon Regan challenged both Laud and Lewis frequently and died 'after a short illness' soon after his final tirade against Laud and Lewis.
"The alleged victims of VIP abuse who died in the fire in Palmeira Avenue Hove in 1991 had also linked Laud, Lewis, and Greer, to the circumstances of the abuse they said they had suffered in care."
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
Michael Portillo, former UK Defence Minister, resigned as the result of a homosexual incident.
"Michael Portillo, Peter Lilley, Ian Hamilton, and other Thatcherite politicians of the 1980's were all associated with Laud and Lewis.
"All were alleged to have been guests at paedophile parties in London at which boys from care in a number of local authorities, including North Wales, Shropshire,Hampshire, Dorset, Brighton and Hove and others, were allegedly 'ferried in' with the co-operation of social workers to provide sexual entertainments for the guests.
The paedophile ring that encircles british politics by sc
"It has also been alleged that Portillo freuqently took 'kinky holidays' in North Africa with his friend Derek Laud.
"Portillo insists that Laud was a guest on these holidays of him and his wife, but it has been alleged that hotel records do not confirm that Portillo's wife was there at all.
"Finally there have been specific allegations that the main aim of this ring is not to provide jollies for kinky MP's and others, but to exert influence over them in their work by blackmail."
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Christopher Myers and William Hague, who shared a hotel bedroom.
1. William Hague wrote a book about a gay Prime Minister called William Pitt the Younger.
Gay William Pitt
Hague and very close friend Sebastian Coe (now Lord Coe)
2. William Hague's wife Ffion has written a book, The Grand Tour, about a 'gay' affair involving Horace Walpole, the son of Britain's first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole
Horace's 'lover' was the poet Thomas Gray.
Thomas Gray was known as 'Miss Gray'.
3. In 2010 William Hague issued a personal statement denying claims that he had had a gay affair with his then 25-year-old male aide Christopher Myers.
Hague and Myers had shared a hotel room during a business trip.
dailymail.
In 2010, Hague admitted paying Myers to accompany him on official trips - almost a year before he gave him a formal job.
Hague (left) Duncan (right) Jeremy Browne Photos
4. William Hague once shared a flat with Alan Duncan, who is gay.
Alan Duncan was once the UK government minister in charge of the Department for International Development, which is said to be a front for MI6 activities.
Alan Duncan once worked for Marc Rich (MARC RICH; JEWISH MAFIA)
Many of the leaders of the Western World are said to be involved in the sexual abuse of young people.
Alan Duncan has been a member of the Pinay Circle, whose members have included:
the CIA's William Casey, William Colby and Allen Dulles, as well as Henry Kissinger, David Rockefeller, George Soros, Paul Volcker, Stephen Lander (MI5 boss), Zbigniew Brzezinski, Giulio Andreotti (linked to P2), andGeneral Richard Stilwell (linked to Operation Gladio).
4. William Hague once shared a flat with Alan Duncan, who is gay.
Alan Duncan was once the UK government minister in charge of the Department for International Development, which is said to be a front for MI6 activities.
Alan Duncan once worked for Marc Rich (MARC RICH; JEWISH MAFIA)
Many of the leaders of the Western World are said to be involved in the sexual abuse of young people.
Alan Duncan has been a member of the Pinay Circle, whose members have included:
the CIA's William Casey, William Colby and Allen Dulles, as well as Henry Kissinger, David Rockefeller, George Soros, Paul Volcker, Stephen Lander (MI5 boss), Zbigniew Brzezinski, Giulio Andreotti (linked to P2), andGeneral Richard Stilwell (linked to Operation Gladio).
5. Hague is the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire,.
Hague took over Richmond from the former Home Secretary Leon Brittan.
Has Leon Brittan finally been questioned by police?
6. William Hague has been accused of being involved in the cover-up of the child-abuse scandal in UK children's homes, a scandal that has been linked to MI5 and MI6.
William Hague stifled 1996 paedophile report, says 'victim' - Telegraph
7. William Hague used to live at Dolphin Square, a block of flats in London.
Reportedly, boys were taken to sex parties at a flat in Dolphin Square.
Reportedly some of the boys were brought from various children's homes.
Reportedly the flat was occupied by a well known lobbyist working for the Conservative Party.
SCALLYWAG; BOYS; PIMLICO / MYSTERIOUS DEREK LAUD
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Hague and Sir Jimmy Savile, a key figure in various pedophile rings.
William Hague stifled 1996 paedophile report, says 'victim' - Telegraph
This children's home, at Bryn Estyn, was one of many said to have been used as child brothels.
Reportedly some of the boys were brought from various children's homes.
Reportedly the flat was occupied by a well known lobbyist working for the Conservative Party.
SCALLYWAG; BOYS; PIMLICO / MYSTERIOUS DEREK LAUD
Julian Lewis, who twice voted in favour of the Civil Partnership Bill in 2004, and who is a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee which oversees MI5 and the other security services.
8. In 1994 Scallywag magazine had a story about the Conservative politician Julian Lewis.
Lewis sued and won his case.
Simon Regan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is part of an article written in 2000 by the editor of Scallywag magazine, Simon Regan.
Source: Organized Rage
The Waterhouse Report
By Simon Regan.
In the early nineties, in the now defunct Scallywag magazine, which I founded, we interviewed in some depth twelve former inmates at Bryn Estyn who had all been involved in the Wrexham paedophile ring...
Two of these young men, who had been 14-years-old at the time, swore they had been not only introduced to the paedophile ring operating in the Crest Hotel in Wrexham but had later been escorted on three or four occasions to an address in Pimlico where they were further abused.
We took them separately to Pimlico and asked them to point out the building where this had taken place.
All of a sudden very private information, some of it even privileged between ourselves and our lawyer during the John Major libel action, was being published in selected, pro-Conservative sections of the media.
Subsequently, during a court case initiated by Lewis, I was able in my defence to seek discovery of documents and asked to see the seized files.
The paedophile papers were missing...
Lewis sued and won his case.
Simon Regan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is part of an article written in 2000 by the editor of Scallywag magazine, Simon Regan.
Source: Organized Rage
By Simon Regan.
In the early nineties, in the now defunct Scallywag magazine, which I founded, we interviewed in some depth twelve former inmates at Bryn Estyn who had all been involved in the Wrexham paedophile ring...
Two of these young men, who had been 14-years-old at the time, swore they had been not only introduced to the paedophile ring operating in the Crest Hotel in Wrexham but had later been escorted on three or four occasions to an address in Pimlico where they were further abused.
Pimlico in London.
We took them separately to Pimlico and asked them to point out the building where this had taken place.
They were both positive in their identification.
It turned out to be the private flat of a well known .... lobbyist ... involved with the 'cash for questions' scandal.
At the time we ran a story entitled 'Boys for Questions' and named several prominent members of the then Thatcher government.
These allegations went to the very top of the Tory party, yet there was a curious and almost ominous lack of writs.
party, yet there was a curious and almost ominous lack of writs.Dolphin Square
The lobbyist was a notorious 'queen' who specialised in gay parties with a 'political mix' in the Pimlico area - most convenient to the Commons - and which included selected flats in Dolphin Square.
The lobbyist was a notorious 'queen' who specialised in gay parties with a 'political mix' in the Pimlico area - most convenient to the Commons - and which included selected flats in Dolphin Square.
The two young men were able to give us very graphic descriptions of just what went on, including acts of buggery, and alleged that they were only two of many from children's homes other than North Wales.
There was, to my certain knowledge, at least one resignation from the Conservative office in Smith Square once we had published our evidence and named names.
There was, to my certain knowledge, at least one resignation from the Conservative office in Smith Square once we had published our evidence and named names.
MI6 spy Gareth Williams, 31, was found locked inside a bag at his flat in Pimlico, south London, on August 23, 2010.
Subsequently, over a rent dispute which is still a matter of litigation, Dr. Julian Lewis, now Conservative MP for New Forest (East) but then deputy head of research at Conservative Central Office in Smith Square, managed to purchase the contents of our offices, which included all our files.
It had been alleged that we owed rent, which we disputed, but under a court order the landlords were able to change the locks and seize our assets which included all our files, including those we had made on paedophiles.
It had been alleged that we owed rent, which we disputed, but under a court order the landlords were able to change the locks and seize our assets which included all our files, including those we had made on paedophiles.
It was apparently quite legal, but it was most certainly a dirty trick.
Certain charities are alleged to be involved in organising child abuse.
Certain charities are alleged to be involved in organising child abuse.
All of a sudden very private information, some of it even privileged between ourselves and our lawyer during the John Major libel action, was being published in selected, pro-Conservative sections of the media.
Subsequently, during a court case initiated by Lewis, I was able in my defence to seek discovery of documents and asked to see the seized files.
The paedophile papers were missing...
Pimlico Gardens
The real trouble about exposing paedophiles is that former victims of child abuse make lousy witnesses...
By the very nature of the abuse, when they are rudely shoved out into the wide world (one of the witnesses, Stephen Messham, for example, was released on his sixteenth birthday on Christmas day after two years of abuse, and had to sleep rough on the streets for four and a half months), they are often deeply psychologically disturbed.
Some of the extreme cases commit suicide, many more were sexually disorientated in the worst possible way.
Some of the extreme cases commit suicide, many more were sexually disorientated in the worst possible way.
Some became gay prostitutes, others drug addicts...
It was all very well for us to take statements from former victims in the cosy atmosphere of a pub lunch, but put them up against an agile and eminent QC whose sole task is to discredit them, and they quickly crumble, even break down in tears.
Many former victims now have criminal records of some kind, owing almost exclusively to the abuse itself, and the barrister will brutally exploit this as evidence that the witness is unreliable and tainted.
of some kind, owing almost exclusively to the abuse itself, and the barrister will brutally exploit this as evidence that the witness is unreliable and tainted. Website for this image...
Faced with the choice of a clearly neurotic young man who quickly falls down in the witness box, and a smooth, experienced, erudite and often highly respected culprit, juries tend to give the accused the benefit of the doubt.
I watched it in the now famous Court 13 at the High Court during the libel action between former Supt. Gordon Anglesey and Private Eye (and others) when, despite the fact that under cross examination, Anglesey had to admit that his evidence did not correspond with his own notebooks, the 'other side' subsequently tore the five main prosecution witnesses to pieces in a monumental act of judicial harassment.
I watched it in the now famous Court 13 at the High Court during the libel action between former Supt. Gordon Anglesey and Private Eye (and others) when, despite the fact that under cross examination, Anglesey had to admit that his evidence did not correspond with his own notebooks
, the 'other side' subsequently tore the five main prosecution witnesses to pieces in a monumental act of judicial harassment. Like the whole story of child abuse in North Wales and elsewhere, it broke my heart.
Simon Regan (now deceased) was editor of Scallywag Magazine.
Simon Regan (now deceased) was editor of Scallywag Magazine.
