BIZARRE claims that former Prime Minister Ted Heath was part of a satanic paedophile ring which murdered 16 children have been dismissed as "wild allegations" by a close family friend.

A group of women allege the Tory PM abused them as children as part of a sex cult run by their own parents which burnt babies in satanic orgies.

3 Former PM Ted Heath was allegedly part of a paedophile ring which sacrificed babies in bizarre rituals Credit: Reuters

3 Police are investigating the claims against Sir Edward, pictured in 1980 with Jimmy Savile Credit: PA:Press Association

Wiltshire Police have spent more than a year investigating the allegations as part of an inquiry that has cost taxpayers over £883,431, the Daily Mail reports.

But Sir Edward's godson Lincoln Seligman said: "I understand that these claims from the 1980s were at the time dismissed as complete fantasy by police.

"It is disappointing that these wild allegations have been reheated and randomly attached to Edward Heath’s name."

There is reportedly no suggestion that Sir Edward killed any children in the women's accounts.

The group are said to claim the cult regularly slaughtered children in ritual sacrifices at churches and forests around southern England, and in similar ceremonies in Africa.

The women allege their mother and father – said to have known the former Conservative leader – were responsible for murdering children ranging from babies to teenagers, but somehow evaded justice.

They allege the paedophile ring stabbed, tortured and maimed youngsters in churches before men, women and children gorged themselves on blood and body parts.

If the bizarre allegations were to be proved, the parents who allegedly led the killings would be responsible for murdering more children than Fred and Rose West.

3 The lurid claims have been dismissed as "wild allegations" by Sir Edwards's godson Credit: Getty Images

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They would be on a par with Thomas Hamilton, who shot dead 16 children in the 1996 Dunblane school massacre.

The Mail on Sunday reported yesterday that Wiltshire Chief Constable Mike Veale regards allegations that Ted Heath was a paedophile as “totally convincing” and is planning to publish a report in June.

Speaking about the allegations specific to Sir Edward, a source told the Mail on Sunday: “Mr Veale believes in them 120 per cent and thinks they are totally convincing.

“There are very close similarities in the accounts given by those who have come forward. The same names used for him, the same places and same type of incidents keep coming up.

“What stands out is that the people giving these accounts are not connected but the stories and the details dovetail."

Sir Edward, who was Prime Minister from 1970-1974, was never married and died in 2005 aged 89.

The lurid claims were dismissed by police in 1989, and Sir Edward’s name was never mentioned to police at the time.

It was only last year that he was named for the first time after one of the claimants said she "remembered" a man called "Ed" was a prime mover in a network of abusers.

A Wiltshire Police spokesman told the Mail: "We are not prepared to discuss this as this is an on-going investigation."

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