EXCLUSIVE: Former MI6 employee Sir Peter Hayman is named as a child abuser in a previously secret file uncovered by Sky News.
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| Sir Peter Hayman died in 1992 |
A top British diplomat was the focus of a secret Government file about his "unnatural" sexual behaviour, Sky News can reveal.
The file, which has just been released to the National
Archives, names the late Sir Peter Hayman as the subject of the file
prepared for then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Sir Peter died in 1992 but during his career worked as a
diplomat including as High Commissioner to Canada. He also worked for
intelligence service MI6.
He was named as an abuser of children by the MP Geoffrey
Dickens in the 1980s and also had links to the controversial Paedophile
Information Exchange (PIE).
The existence of the file in the National Archives catalogues was highlighted by a lecturer who alerted Sky News.
The file was still retained on grounds of national security
and held by officials at the Cabinet Office, the department responsible
for the smooth running of government.
Following the Sky News report the matter was raised in the House Of Commons, where MPs called for it to be made public.
Just a week later, the file has been released to the
National Archives under the full title: "PREM 19/588 SECURITY. Sir Peter
Hayman: allegations against former public official of unnatural sexual
proclivities; security aspects."
By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent
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