Labour Lord's 'sex attacks on 12 children': 'Horrific' allegations include rape and serious sexual assaults MoS reveals



It is understood the alleged abuse took place over several decades

The Mail on Sunday has chosen not to name the peer being investigated

File containing accusations has been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service

Police con firmed the peer has not been arrested or questioned



A Labour peer is being investigated by police after 12 men made allegations of historical child abuse against him, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Sources close to the investigation last night said that the ‘horrific’ allegations include rape and serious sexual assault.

It is understood the alleged abuse took place over several decades. The Mail on Sunday has chosen not to name the peer being investigated.

A Labour peer is being investigated after 12 men made allegations of historical child abuse against him

A police spokesman said last night: ‘The inquiry has had a number of individuals who have come forward and made complaints.



'We are thoroughly investigating their allegations and providing them with professional support.’

It is understood that a file containing the accusations has been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Police also last night confirmed the peer has not been arrested or questioned about the allegations.



They refused to comment on the age of the victims when the abuse took place.



The Home Office lost or destroyed a potentially explosive dossier given to Home Secretary Sir Leon Brittan (left) by the late campaigning Conservative MP Geoffrey Dickens (right) Deeply troubling: One source said the allegations were 'horrific'. Pictured is the Lords Chamber at the House of Lords where the peer sits

A source close to the investigation said: ‘These are some of the most horrific child abuse allegations you can imagine.’

Another source said: ‘The sexual abuse that the peer has been accused of is extremely worrying. The allegations are harrowing and must have affected the vulnerable boys significantly in later life.

‘It is becoming clear there is a problem with historic sex abuse in Parliament and the police have to be allowed access to all the information needed to investigate these allegations.



'It is beginning to look like Westminster is above the law. It is important that these allegations are investigated thoroughly.’

The shocking development comes as the Home Office last night said that it would appoint a senior legal figure to carry out a fresh review into how a dossier alleging paedophile activity at Westminster in the 1980s was handled by the department.

The Prime Minister last week ordered further investigation after it was revealed the Home Office lost or destroyed a potentially explosive dossier given to Home Secretary Sir Leon Brittan by the late campaigning Conservative MP Geoffrey Dickens.