Britain's David Cameron warns of witch hunt over sex-abuse claims
David Cameron confronted on TV with names of top Tory politicians allegedly involved in scandal
British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that accusations of paedophilia against senior Conservative politicians risk creating a "witch hunt", particularly against gay people.
Cameron made his comments after being confronted on television with a piece of paper listing names circulating on the internet of Tory politicians possibly involved in child sex-abuse allegations. It was accidentally briefly flashed on air.
Speaking on ITV1's , Cameron appealed to anybody with information to contact the police but raised concerns over the internet speculation about who may be embroiled in the scandal, dating to the 1970s and '80s.
"I've heard all sorts of names bandied around, and what then tends to happen is everyone sits around and speculates about people, some of whom are alive, some of whom are dead," he told .
"I do think it's very important that anyone who's got any information about any paedophile, no matter how high up in the country or whether they are alive or dead, go to the police."
The presenter, Phillip Schofield, passed Cameron a piece of paper listing names he had gathered online, asking the prime minister: "You know the names on that piece of paper, will you be speaking to these people?"
