Police investigating historic sex abuse launch new probe into 'homicide'

Detectives in the UK examining allegations of historic sex abuse have launched a new investigation into “possible homicide”.

Scotland Yard said officers working on Operation Fairbank, which is looking into claims that there was a paedophile ring with links to the British government, have been made aware of allegations concerning “serious non-recent sexual abuse”, said to have occurred more than 30 years ago.