article_snippet: The account of a junior officer, then a young beat bobby but now retired, that a junior officer was threatened with the Official Secrets Act after a junior officer found the 29-stone Liberal MP at the home of a known sex offender in 1988 was the latest piece of evidence of an Establishment cover-up of Smith’s decades of abuse.
article_snippet: They knew Cyril Smith was there and knew who Cyril Smith was.
article_snippet: The allegation about Cyril Smith is already being investigated by Greater Manchester Police’s Operation Clifton which is looking at how previous reports of child sexual abuse were handled or allegedly covered up.
article_snippet: Serial child abuser Smith, who was MP for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992 and died aged 82 in 2010, escaped possible prosecution at least eight times after orders were made at the highest level to cover up Serial child abuser Smith, who was MP for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992 and died aged 82 in 2010 crimes.
article_snippet: The Double Life Of Cyril Smith.
article_snippet: the Daily Mail revealed Cyril Smith avoided police and court action for decades despite leaving a trail of victims.
highlights_snippet: Rochdale MP had repeatedly escaped police and court action for decades .