Man claims former Prime Minister Edward Heath raped him as a child

A man has alleged that former Prime Minister Edward Heath abused him as a child

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by Fiona Day |
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A 64-year-old man has come forward with claims that former PM Edward Heath abused him as a child.

The alleged victim- who can’t be named for legal reasons- claims that he was raped by Edward Heath when he was just 12 years old.

The attack allegedly took place at a flat in Mayfair in 1961.

Scotland Yard now plan to interview the man about his claims.

According to The Mirror, the alleged victim reported the attack to social services two months later but they refused to help him.

Heath passed away in 2005
Heath passed away in 2005

The paper then reports that the victim recognised his abuser’s picture in the paper four years later, before telling his mother: “The man in this picture raped me, mum”.

The man- who says he was also abused by his father as a child- later went on to sell his body as a rent boy in the late 60s and early 70s.

According to The Mirror, the man wrote in a letter to his solicitor that he ‘hitched a lift’ to London where he was then taken to the flat in Mayfair.

He wrote: “I think it was about August 1961 when I ran away again....I decided to hitch a lift.

“I stuck my thumb out as I walked....when a car pull up and the window was lowered and the driver asked me where I was going. I told him the West End (of London) and he told me to get in the car.”

Heath served as Prime Minister in the 1970s

“He was asking me why I was on my own and I told him I wanted to have time on my own and that I came to London on my own a lot and my mum wasn’t worried.

“He asked me if I had somewhere to stay to which I replied in the negative. He said if I wanted to I could stay at his place for the night.

"I was grateful and accepted but knew that he hadn’t asked out of generosity and that I would have to pay, probably with my body but it didn’t bother me, as I had been using my body for over five years now and it was almost second nature.”

Heath was Prime Minister between 1970 and 1974. He passed away in 2005 at the age of 89.

Simon Danczuk, Labour MP and child abuse campaigner, has called for an investigation into the allegations.

He said: “These are very serious allegations and they need to be investigated as a matter of urgency.”

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