Commuters at Earls Court underground station, awaiting the arrival of a
train (Picture: Reuters)
An ex-detective has claimed that Scotland Yard covered up
the murder of 18 people in the 1970s by a serial killer who pushed them onto
London Underground tracks.
Former detective, Geoff Platt, said he first
learned of these shocking alleged crimes while interviewing Kiernan
Kelly who had just murdered his cellmate, William Boyd.
During this routine interrogation, Kelly apparently
confessed to the string of murders which Platt alleges was ‘buried’ by
police bosses to prevent widespread panic.
Mr Platt told the Daily Star: ‘He was high – high on adrenaline,
testosterone…aroused. You could see it in his eyes.
‘He was proud of that murder [of his cellmate] and when we
went to speak to him he just confessed to killing 18 other people.’
Commuters getting on the
tube (Picture: EPA)
According to Platt, Kelly’s confessions were found by police
to correlate with a series of reported suicides on the Northern Line
near his home in Clapham.
He added: ‘It was a coverup. Think about it, the police
don’t want it getting out – there would be mass panic.
‘They didn’t want people knowing a serial killer got away
with pushing innocent people on to the tracks – they’d be afraid it could
happen again.
‘The public would stop using the Underground which would put
more traffic on the roads. It would be chaos.’
Having written a book on the subject, the former police
officer said the lack of CCTV and funding were contributing factors as to
why the Metropolitan Police did not prosecute Kelly for the full
extent of his crimes.
Kelly was sentenced to life imprisonment of William Boyd and
a separate murder.
Metro.co.uk contacted Scotland Yard
which explained the allegations were being dealt by British
Transport Police who in turn made the following statement: ‘We are aware
of the claims included in this book but given the passage of time since they
are alleged to have been committed these would prove difficult to substantiate
without further evidence.
‘We would invite Mr Platt to submit any information he has
on these matters to us.’
Source : metro.co.uk
