In February 1975, 20-year-old 'David' fled the troubled streets of Northern Ireland for a new life. Alone in London, he was preyed upon in a Piccadilly amusement arcade by well-dressed men who lured him into a vice-ridden hell where paedophilia, rape and the corruption of young boys was rife. On the surface, his new environment seemed cultured and refined. Yet beneath a veneer of respectability, high-achieving men in the world of business, politics and the military were conducting sexual abuses of the most brutal kind. By his own words, he was 'passed around London on an industrial scale' as a companion to powerful, wealthy and much older men, including a visit to the now notorious Dolphin Square apartment complex. Unable to cope with the relentless abuse, he was only able to escape threats of blackmail when he became seriously ill and fled home.
For decades he suppressed the truth about the shocking events that shaped his young life, but when high-profile sex abuses involving prominent people hit the headlines, he bravely divulged his experiences to his family. Featured on BBC Radio 4's The World at One, David is now prepared to tell his full, true story of life as a 'kept boy' in 1970s London. His search for truth and justice reveals the extent of the shocking depravity that lay at the heart of Britain's establishment.
- ISBN10 1471154505
- ISBN13 9781471154508
- Publish Date 21 April 2016
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English