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Sir Cyril Richard Smith MBE MStJ DL (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992. Smith was first active in local politics as a Liberal in 1945 before switching to Labour in 1950; he served as a Labour councillor in Rochdale , Lancashire , from ...
Feb 25, 2020 · The Westminster establishment turned a ‘blind eye’ to child abuse allegations against former Rochdale MP Cyril Smith for decades, a long-awaited national inquiry has found.
Feb 18, 2020 · When Sir Cyril Smith died in 2010 at the age of 82, his obituaries were littered with affectionate tributes.
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Apr 12, 2018 · There were "lost opportunities" to prosecute the late politician Sir Cyril Smith for child sexual abuse, a report has found.
Nov 27, 2012 · Greater Manchester police have concluded that the former Liberal MP, Sir Cyril Smith, was guilty of physical and sexual abuse of young boys over a period of many years. The Crown Prosecution Service says that today he would have been prosecuted, but the case is too late.
Nov 28, 2012 · A victim of sexual abuse by the late Liberal Democrat MP Cyril Smith tells his story in a TV interview. He says he was taken to a flat by a staff member and assaulted by Smith when he was nine at a special school in Rochdale.