The headline of the article I have read is «Paedophile ring allegations: police are failing us, murdered boy’s father says» .
The authors of the article are Sandra Laville and Josh Halliday. It was published in the newspaper «The Guardian» on November 19.
The main idea of the article is suspicions of murdered boy`s father that the police covered up links between his son’s killing and activities at south-west London guest house.

The authors start by telling the reader that eight-year-old boy was killed 33 years ago. It was happened on wedding day of Prince of Wales and Diana Spencer. The little boy was watching it. He had been walking a bit quicker than his family in the crowded streets where revellers were celebrating.

Sandra and Josh write that in this time, there were paedophiles at a guest house in south-west London that is now at the centre of a new police inquiry into murders of children. The boy, Vishal, went missing in July 1981 in Putney, less than a mile from the Elm House guest house in Rock Lane, Barnes. Seven months later the upper half of his torso was found buried in woodland in West Sussex. And the strangest thing in this case was recorded phone call, which was passed it onto detectives investigating abduction, but was told it was probably a crank call, and the information was never followed up. On this record was the talk between a retired magistrate and a man, who suggested the boy’s abduction might be connected to the activities of a group of “powerful, high-profile” paedophiles who frequented the guest house.

According to the text we are learning that high-profile people were involved in this situation, because now the police refuse to discuss it. 

In conclusion authors tell us, that  Vishal’s murder was linked at the time by detectives to the activities of Sidney Cooke, who was a member of a paedophile ring that was eventually brought to justice for the rape and murder of three boys, but is suspected of having abducted and killed several more.

The activities of the paedophile ring were investigated in a major inquiry known as Operation Orchid, which examined the fate of a number of missing children going back to 1980 after receiving intelligence that Cooke’s gang could have abducted and killed up to 20 children.

The Guardian asked the Metropolitan police on Wednesday for the whereabouts of the Orchid files, but they refused to comment.

Sandra and Josh make readers to think about these terrible events and decide whether people can trust the police.

I found this article important and interesting, because every parent should know about danger, which can threaten his child, and about police inaction. 

Now, I want to ask some questions to the readers.

1)Do you agree with boy’s father that police can covered up links between the killing and activities at south-west London guest house?

2) why was it happened on wedding day of Prince of Wales and Diana Spencer?

3) Can police find the killer of the innocent child?

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/19/paedophile-ring-allegations-elm-house