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A victim of the VIP paedophile guest house has told the Sunday People of the horrors that went on there.
The former care home orphan says he and his 12-year-old brother were sent by staff to theElm Guest House for “a treat”.
There they were lured into cider and beer-drinking races to get them drunk and ordered to dress in girls’ fairy costumes while their pictures were taken.
Finally they were forced to take part in vile sex acts after phoney games of hide-and-seek.
The victim, now a family man, broke down in tears as he told the Sunday People of his nightmare at the Elm – and how his tormented brother killed himself a decade after leaving care.
He said: “The people responsible have blood on their hands. I shouldn’t think my brother is the only one to have taken his life because of this.
“I’m speaking out now because I want justice done for me and for my brother.
“What went on was absolutely disgusting. When we told the staff at the care home what was happening at Elm they used to say ‘They are friends, they are good people’.
“No one was listening to us. It’s taken 30 years for anyone to listen.”
The former guest house in upmarket Barnes, south-west London, is now the centre of amajor police probe into an alleged child sex abuse ring in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
It is said to have involved senior politicians, showbiz celebrities and members of the royal household.
The first victim to speak publicly has waived his legal right to anonymity but the Sunday People has chosen to identify him only as Dave.
Speaking at his smartly-decorated home, surrounded by photos of his own young children, Dave told how he and his one-year-younger brother were taken into care after their widowed mother killed herself following years of depression.
They were sent to Grafton Close children’s home in Hanworth, south-west London, in 1978.
Dave was 13 when minibus outings to the Elm eight miles away began.
He said: “We were told we were going to the ‘good house’ for a party.
“It wouldn’t be more than a handful of us at a time.
“When we got there it was a huge house. It was so big I felt like I was a kid in a doll’s house.”
The children were escorted through reception without signing the guest book and taken to a back room where a warped party was soon in full swing.
Dave said: “There would be easy-listening type music playing, sort of mellow stuff, and loads to drink.
“Sometimes there would be as few as two adults there, other times more.
“They laid on tables with Party Seven beer – a big tin with seven pints in it – and cider.
“We were given plastic cups and would have sort of races to see who could drink it first.
“They used to make us dress up, make us put on outfits like fairy costumes meant for girls, then play games of hide-and-seek with the adults looking for the kids.”
When the children were “found”, they were forced to take part in appalling sex abuse.
Dave said: “There would be flash bulbs going off when someone was going round taking pictures. All this took place during the day, whatever day of the week they fancied.
“I can remember all the adults had posh accents. They used to say things like ‘He’s cute, he’s nice’.
“They would pick out the pretty boys, especially the ones who looked young for their age.”
Dave’s testimony echoes that of former child protection worker Chris Fay, who says he was shown photos of children dressed up at so-called “Kings and Queens” parties at the Elm.
One photograph is said to show a former Tory Cabinet minister in a sauna with a naked 14-year-old boy.
Dave claims one man he met at the guest house arranged for him to visit his flat where he was groomed into performing sex acts, then handed a couple of pounds “pocket money” to keep him coming back.
Dave said: “I can still see the guy’s face now. He was posh and I have since seen him on television.
“He was very fat. He said he didn’t live far away and told me ‘If you’re passing by that way come and see me’.
“He would give me money. We got no - pocket money at the home and I wanted some.
“That makes it sound like I made a choice but it was abuse.”
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