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‘More than 300 ‘VIPs’ are being probed by police over historical sex abuse allegations, the officer in charge of the investigations revealed.
Chief Constable Simon Bailey, of Norfolk police, revealed that 302 people in the public eye – including TV and radio personalities, athletes and politicians – were on the radar of his Operation Hydrant team following complaints.
Hydrant was set up to coordinate probes into child sex abuse at state institutions – such as hospitals, children’s homes and schools – or carried out by those with “public prominence”.
It was launched last year in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal and other high profile abuse cases.’
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