‘Scotland Yard covered up claims by a killer that he had pushed 18 people to their deaths on the London Underground in the 1970s, a former detective has claimed.
Geoff Platt said Kiernan Kelly admitted being a serial killer when he interviewed him for a separate killing in 1984 – but police chiefs decided not to take action to avoid public panic.
He claimed there was a cover-up because of fears over the backlash should it emerge someone had got away with murdering 18 people.’
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