FORMER MET POLICE OFFICER SAYS MAYOR OF LONDON IS “BEYOND REDEMPTION” OVER GROOMING GANG INVESTIGATION

Former Met Police officer and whistleblower Jon Wedger has said Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is “beyond redemption” over grooming gangs in London.

Speaking to GB News Jon Wedger said:
“It was more aggressive and coarse than that. I was told that if I continued to look into it or revealed my findings as one of two officers that was dedicated to looking for children involved in what we call a common prostitution – I’m not endorsing the term and just saying it was – when I put my findings on an intelligence report and it was submitted to a senior officer. I was told, if I continued on my path, I would lose my home, my job and my children.

“What I did exposed would ‘F’ the Metropolitan Police past, present and future. I cannot and will not allow this out. That’s what we’re told. And I was told that there was no way for me to go if I classed the attitude of the officer is bullying he told me that he would not betray fellow rank, nor would they.

“I was then removed straight away from the operation, an active operation in which we had dozens of young kids, girls and boys from the age of nine to 14, involved in being pimped out on the streets of London; most of which were addicted to crack cocaine and heroin, and some had life threatening diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis C and contagious tuberculosis.

“The premise is the same [as grooming gangs in Rotherham] but we got bear in mind that most abuse goes on in home, 80% of the abuse goes on in the home. The child that’s been abused is six times more likely to be involved in the trafficking for crime, whatever it might be.

“Step parents equate for most of the abuse. But the ones that were involved, if we could class it grooming gangs on these girls, we had Jamaican Yardies, we had Albanians, Kosovans, Lithuanians. One of the most prolific pimps, as it were, was a white woman who we managed to get convicted for double figures. She was the first person ever to get convicted on the amended 2003 Sexual Offences Act. But it was as diverse as a population of London.

“There were Bangladeshis and a few Pakistani gangs, but they were in the areas that more represented their ethnicity.

“I did a call out to Sadiq Khan, who, in my opinion, is beyond redemption on this topic, and also Mark Rowley. Because I generally believe that Mark Rowley, the boss of the Met, underneath that corporate exterior, there is a heart. And I appealed to his heart, and said, Mark, do the right thing. Do the right thing. You know, be the hero of the day. Turn this around. It’s in your power and capabilities. Do it. You know I’m not lying.

“And I challenged Sadiq Khan and Mark Rowley. I said, ‘prove me wrong, because you can’t.’

“And it looks like he may have taken heed, whether he has or not he, now, seems to be doing the right thing.

“You need dedicated officers on what’s known as a proactive approach. It cannot have what they call fire brigade policing, which is purely reactive. This crime never presents itself in a disorderly or dishonest way, like most crime does. This is hidden. It’s covert. The Met did have dedicated officers on the vice unit, but they’ve shut all that down.

“When I saw that clip with Susan Hall being berated, and he was engaging in this seminar of semantics – wordplay – and ignoring the most vile criminality going and the disregard and disrespect to victims and survivors of the most appalling crime.

“When a kid is sexually abused, the damage goes on for three generations. And what about the suicides? In order for healing, we need justice. And in order for justice, we need to go out there and nick these people.

“I just say to the police, to Mark Rowley – just do your job.”