Rochdale Abuse: Richard Farnell Abuse Denial 'defies Belief'

[naomi24]

What with this and the more recent cases of the abuse of young girls, again ignored, the authorities in Rochdale should be hanging their heads in shame – all of them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43740936

[Mamyalynne]

Agreed, a disgrace.

[douglas9401]

They have no shame, no need, they have power.
Every last one looking out for each other while trotting out worn out phrases and writing cheques to try and silence the ravaged.

Nothing meaningful will be done.

[emmie]

so they should, i was watching this on the news and wondered how the man could have lied so readily, unless he's involved somehow.

[youngmafbog]

They should be fired and investigated for any laws broken. If any are then prosecuted to the full extent.

PC Liberalism needs to be killed off.

[jackthehat]

They *should* hang their heads in shame but they won't. The buck will be passed.....there will be lies, obfustication and any amount of bottom-covering.

Those that have power (to whatever degree) will cling onto it however many times they are shown to be unfit to possess it.

And it all has absolutely nothing to do with PC liberalism....which is a meaningless handy-to-use soundbite in cases such as these.

[youngmafbog]

I beg to differ. PC Liberalism has meant people are afraid to come out for fear of being labelled as something. Couple this with Establishment cover ups and we have this problem.

[jackthehat]

Not in this instance.
There may well have been 'vested interests' but they had nothing to do with the 'PC cobblers' you are so fond of accusing...

[Peter Pedant]

this is the first report I have ever read where the author says "X lied to us"
The report is here
https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/5322/view/Cambridge%20House%2C%20Knowl%20View%20and%20Rochdale%20Investigation%20Report%20April%202018.pdf

which I am reading slowly and recommend to you
more eye popping stuff

The DPP at that time ( 1973) was asked about Cyril Smith and abuse - and denied he had had files ever !
An MI5 note then comments - "we found four files in his office about this. We dont know why he lied about it in public"

another
Eleanor Phillips was a totally credible witness about practice at the DPP's office as a secretary at that time - The only problem is that her memory is at total variance with what paper trail we have secured shows.
[ DPP letter signed someone she is sure was not employed in the office at that time]

and I havent even got to Farnell ....

down load the pdf and have a read !

[Peter Pedant]

// PC Liberalism has meant people are afraid to come out for fear of being labelled as something.//

great idea but not born out by the facts in this report

another thesis is that ROchdale had had a satanic abuse issue and nothing was found. Satanic Abuse was a now well known social construct that didnt exist. Fake news in todays parlance
so when the rent boys allegations surfaced -
the police concluded that there was no corroboration and that therefore the cases wouldnt get up and run.