In a letter to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac), the monitoring officer for the Greater London Authority, Ed Williams, said the female staff member said she considered "the core elements" of what had been reported in the media to be "true" and "there was contact".

BBC: Stephen Greenhalgh

Mr. Williams eventually teamed up with Ed Selyem, a friend who worked as the accountant and wine buyer for a local store.

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Devotees of the Williams Selyem cult went into mourning when Burt and Ed sold their baby to former New York Deputy Mayor John Dyson in 1998.

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