It is understood they were not formally interviewed by police in connection with the case. Sussex police said it had spoken to three of these four men in 2020 and that there was “no evidence” linking them to Vishal’s murder. One of these men went on the run while being questioned by police and was tracked down by the podcast team in Sri Lanka. The podcast, which launches on Monday, identifies other sexual offenders who were part of this man’s group in Sussex at the time Vishal was killed, some of whom also had links to west London. The offender who wrote the document was jailed for 16 years after being convicted of 17 offences in 1998, including 10 sexual abuse charges against young boys in his care. It has been held by Sussex police since the 1990s but was only connected to Vishal’s murder four years ago. The document was created a year after Vishal’s remains were found in woodland less than five miles from where the mother of this offender lived, in a property where he is known to have abused children. The material includes the discovery of a document, titled Vishal, written in 1983 by a man convicted of child sexual offences about a boy he was abusing. Shaun Keep, a former Scotland Yard detective who helped convict the killers of Stephen Lawrence, described the new evidence as “a breakthrough” and “a real significant moment” in the inquiry.
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A BBC podcast series called Vishal has unearthed fresh material that may link the case to a prolific paedophile ring operating in the area at that time.
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