India's last viceroy Mountbatten accused of child sexual abuse; Belfast Court to hear case

A case against Lord Louis Mountbatten, Britain’s last viceroy to India is set to be heard in an Irish court in Belfast this week. case filed by KRW Law, an Irish law firm, alleges that Lord Mountbatten sexually assaulted Arthur Smyth, who was 11 at time, in dition to or underage boys at Kincora North Ro Children's Home in Belfast.

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uncle of King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth’s second cousin, Lord Mountbatten has been suspected of paedophilia for a long time. However, this is first instance when a legal summons has been initiated in a case relating to matter. According to statement released by KRW Law, events of Mountbatten's alleged sexual abuse against underage boys occurred in 1970s. victim, Arthur Smyth waived his anonymity and alleged that Mountbatten sexually abused him along with or minors at Kincora children’s home. He furr alleged a systematic cover-up regarding complaints against Lord Mountbatten.  

chain of events as per accusations

In final phases of British colonial rule, Louis Mountbatten served as Britain’s last Viceroy of India and also as first and last Governor General of India under Crown’s occupation of nation. According to Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE), Smyth alleged that he was abused twice by Royal in 1977.  

latest statement by Irish law firm informed that firm h issued pre-action letters of claim against multiple entities such as Business Services Organisation, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Chief Constable of PSNI, Secretary of State, and Department of Health alleging breach of duty and negligence in relation to victim’s time spent in Kincora and North Ro Children's Home when he was a young boy.  

According to Village Ireland, Joseph Mains, William McGrath, and Raymond Semple, three men who operated Kincora children’s home were convicted of child abuse in December 1981. Moreover, McGrath and Mains were providers of minors to Anglo-Irish paedophile ring, now known as Anglo-Irish Vice Ring (A-IVR).  

Village furr stated that Smyth was exploited for months by McGrath. In later life, trauma of experience drove him to attempt suicide by driving his motorbike into oncoming traffic. He was bly injured and taken to hospital.  

FBI suspected Mountbatten of “perversion for young boys"

According to a dossier by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Lord Louis Mountbatten and his wife Edwina were described as "persons of extremely low morals". Moreover, Mountbatten was suspected of being a homosexual and of having “perversion for young boys". FBI file on Lord Mountbatten was opened shortly after he was appointed role of Supreme Allied Commander in Souast Asia in 1944.  

Meanwhile, speaking on announcement of legal action by Irish law firm, Arthur Smyth’s solicitor Kevin Winters said, “I commend Arthur's resilience in taking this case and indeed his bravery in going public for first time.”  

“It has been an incredibly difficult journey for our client to reach this point in his life where he feels confident enough to make his case and to do so in a public forum. He and his family will require much-needed support on next stages of ir legal battle for some form of justice which to date has been denied to him,” Winters ded.  

Arthur Smyth is not only one who accused British Royal of sexual abuse. Stephen Waring, anor alleged victim of Mountbatten died by suicide following an escape from Kincora.  

Norrn Ireland’s state police force, Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) n captured Waring hours after his escape and put him on Belfast-Liverpool Monarch Ferry. Waring jumped from Belfast-Liverpool Monarch Ferry and plunged to his death in 1977. reported Village.

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