A major paedophile network may have had links to Downing Street and a former prime minister, it was claimed in Parliament today.
Labour MP Tom Watson alleged there was ?clear intelligence? linking a former Number 10 aide with a notorious group of sex offenders.
The explosive allegation was made during Prime Minister?s Questions and comes as the BBC is gripped by the Jimmy Savile crisis and its failure to protect children from the TV presenter.
David Cameron said Mr Watson had raised a ?difficult and complex case? but would look at the allegations.
Mr Watson claimed that the police file used to convict Peter Righton in 1992 of importing child pornography from Holland needed to be looked at again.
He claimed to have been contacted by a former child protection specialist who had been concerned for years that Righton?s activities and connections had not been properly investigated.
In particular, files seized from Righton?s home which included letters from known paedophiles, Mr Watson claimed.
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