Edward Heath abuse claims: Met police investigating

The Met Police is investigating the late former Prime Minister Edward Heath as part of their inquiry into claims of historical child sex abuse by establishment figures.

Sir Edward is one of a number of prominent names being looked at by detectives from Operation Midland.
Separately, the police watchdog is investigating whether Wiltshire Police failed to pursue claims in the 1990s.
The force issued an appeal for any potential victims to come forward.
Sir Edward died at his home in Salisbury in 2005 aged 89.

'Case dropped'

The development comes after the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it would look at whether Wiltshire officers failed to pursue allegations of child abuse made against the former prime minister.
A retired detective has alleged that claims were made in the 1990s but not followed up.
The IPCC will also look at whether a criminal prosecution was dropped when a person "threatened to expose that Sir Edward Heath may have been involved in offences concerning children".
Operation Midland is examining claims that boys were abused by a group of powerful men from politics, the military and law enforcement agencies at locations across southern England and in London in the 1970s and 1980s.
It is also examining claims that three boys were murdered. It has focused on the Dolphin Square estate in Pimlico, south-west London.
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