and to that end
As part of the £1.5m investigation, three people unconnected to Sir Edward were arrested for offences related to child abuse, one of whom is still being investigated.
― more bemused than human (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 5 October 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
That's the point of the operation but if the conclusion as to whether there is any substance to it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ then i'm not sure how much value there is in publicly saying they would have questioned him - which would be the starting point of any basic investigation but will inevitably be interpreted as an indicator of guilt however many qualifiers they put in.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 5 October 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
Strikes me as a weird statement to release.
― Tom's Tits Experiment (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 October 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
the fact that the police also leaked to newspapers about how they're "110% sure" that there is substance to the allegations may lead one to think a lot of this is about justifying the time and resources that have been spent on this
― soref, Thursday, 5 October 2017 12:03 (six years ago) link
given that it was already known operation conifer's remit would include ted heath it surely would have been stranger if they hadn't addressed their findings, inconclusive as they are, when the report was published
it'd be the first thing the media would ask about, might as well address it head-on
― more bemused than human (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 5 October 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
This business seems to have run its course:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/14/westminster-vip-abuse-accuser-fled-to-sweden-when-story-collapsed
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
Jesus.
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
I don't wanna say "I told you so", but...
― Tuomas, Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link