2022 February 19 FOIA Centre Mark Watts Dolphin Square BOOK - 3 articles Mark Watts 10p

“The only link to child abuse was through [WM-F172] and [the] MP at the time [WM-F7]. At the time of her arrest her property was
searched and in a safe was found an audio tape on which I believed that I heard [WM-F7] voice. From the tape he appeared to be
engaged in a sexual activity with a young male.
“The tape was stored at Southwark Police Station but it disappeared. As far as I was concerned only 3 people knew the content of
the tape. I believe the loss of the tape was deliberate, however housekeeping at Southwark at the time was not the best which would
have made any theft easy.
“During the course of the investigation [redacted] children were seen leaving the constituency office of [WM-F7] and his relationship
with [redacted] children were brought to the attention of Chief Superintendent Alan Evershed.”
GB recounts how he was threatened in about 1991 by a mysterious senior police officer over the organised-crime investigation. He says in the
witness statement:
“Shortly after the arrest of [WM-F172] I contacted a friend/colleague whom I had known since my early days at Chelsea and arranged
to meet with him at a pub in Dulwich. Whilst waiting in the pub I was approached by an individual who claimed that he was a
Detective Superintendent from the Regional Crime Squad. He proceeded to threaten me over my involvement with the [WM-F172]
investigation. During the following 24 hours I attempted to identify the individual but could not do so. I made the arrangements to
meet my friend over the phone from the CID offices at Rotherhithe and Southwark.”
Met notes of a meeting with GB say:
“Whilst working on the [WM-F172] investigation in about 1991, he was sitting in a pub in Rotherhithe on his own. He remembers
seeing a police car outside and thought his friend had arrived in it. Whilst at the pub he was approached by a man who showed his
ID stating he was Superintendent from the South East Regional Crime Squad. He was told to stop the investigation into [WM-F172]
or he would tell everybody that [his female colleague] [redacted].”
“Only person he told about the threat was [his colleague]. She was very angry and never spoken [sic] to GB again. As the male left
GB looked outside the window and saw him getting into a car with another man who I [sic] had not seen previously. He noted the
car registration and ran it through PNC [police national computer]. He states it was not local but registered somewhere up north. He
cannot remember any details of this and at that time unable to identify the owner. GB believed he was told to stop the investigation
into [WM-F172] because either [WM-F172] was an informant or it was to protect [WM-F7], however no evidence to prove this.”
According to the Met transcript, GB says:
“I was meeting a friend of mine in a pub on the way home from Rotherhithe. I got to the pub and outside was what was obviously a
police car. I thought it was my mate taking the piss. Got inside and there was someone there who introduced himself as a Supt
[superintendent] from the Regional Crime Squad. I thought he might be with my mate but he wasn’t. We started chatting. He started
blowing smoke up my bum about things I had done, new [sic] a lot about me. He said we should stop the investigation into [WM-
F172] for everyone’s interests
“Q- Do you know who he was
“A- No. I took the car reg at the time and ran it through, not locally but someone up north but never identified. Can’t even remember
his name, I had it all written down. I didn’t know who he was but he was purporting to be from the job. That’s how he knew I was
going to be in the pub because I had phoned my mate once from Rotherhithe and once from Southwark confirming the meeting so
unless it was someone in those offices listening to me no one else would have known I was going there. He was waiting for me so
we had this conversation. It was a case of my saying no I don’t think we will stop the investigation. Making life difficult if [his
colleague, redacted detail] Making life difficult for me. That was it and off he trotted.”
“I met with [my colleague] the next day and told her what happened she went off on one and I never actually got to tell her they
claimed they [redacted].”
“Q- This male introduced himself as a Supt RCS
“A- Yes claimed to be from the South East Regional which made sense with the job car outside that got into when he left
“Q- What did he look like
“A- About 5’10”, slim face, small moustache, quite skinny,
“Q- Was he on his own
“A- Strangely when he got into the car someone else got into the car I hadn’t seen before the two of them got into the car to leave.”
“Q- Did he say why he wanted this stop
“A- No. Theres [sic] two theory’s [sic] one is about [WM-F7] or about [WM-F172]. I think she may have been an informant. Certainly
my life turned to shit afterwards
“Q- After that meeting