Sex abuse probe told of ‘possible homicide’

Detectives in Britain examining allegations of historic sex abuse with links to government have launched a new investigation into "possible homicide".

Scotland Yard said Operation Midland was started after officers working on Operation Fairbank, which is looking into claims of “serious non-recent sexual abuse”, were given information about alleged murders.

A spokesman said: “Our inquiries into this, over subsequent weeks, have revealed further information regarding possible homicide. Based on our current knowledge, this is the first time that this specific information has been passed to the Met.”