:00:00. > :00:21.Channel, but now on BBC One it's time for the news
:00:22. > :00:25.councillor has described thd authority as wicket for failing to
:00:26. > :00:26.sack a convicted paedophile who was working in a children's homd in the
:00:27. > :00:30.working in a children's home in the borough in the 1990s. They were
:00:31. > :00:32.speaking out one day after ` former speaking out one day after ` former
:00:33. > :00:36.detective claimed he was removed detective claimed he was removed
:00:37. > :00:37.from his post when he revealed plans to investigate politicians over
:00:38. > :00:42.child abuse in the area. Lalbeth child abuse in the area. Lalbeth
:00:43. > :00:43.council said tonight it would co`operate with all`new enqtiries
:00:44. > :00:49.co`operate with all`new enquiries into abuse. Highsmith has this
:00:50. > :00:52.report. She has campaigned for more than two decades to expose alleged
:00:53. > :00:58.than two decades to expose `lleged sexual abuse at children's homes in
:00:59. > :01:01.Lambeth. The former Labour councillor was first alerted that
:01:02. > :01:05.there may be a problem when she discovered the council was dmploying
:01:06. > :01:08.this man, John Carroll, despite him having a conviction for child
:01:09. > :01:10.abuse. A person who they knew having a conviction for child
:01:11. > :01:11.abuse. A person who they kndw had a abuse. A person who they knew had a
:01:12. > :01:15.conviction for abusing a chhld, sent conviction for abusing a chhld, sent
:01:16. > :01:22.him back to work in a children's home which took children from a very
:01:23. > :01:25.young age to their teams. This was a big children's home. What do you
:01:26. > :01:32.think of that? I think it is wicked. Carroll began working in
:01:33. > :01:35.children's homes in Lambeth in 1978. It was eight years later, in 19 6,
:01:36. > :01:37.It was eight years later, in 1986, the council learned he had `
:01:38. > :01:39.the council learned he had a previous conviction for abuse, which
:01:40. > :01:41.came to light after he had `pplied came to light after he had applied
:01:42. > :01:43.to foster two young boys. Hd came to light after he had `pplied
:01:44. > :01:44.to foster two young boys. He was to foster two young boys. Hd was
:01:45. > :01:48.only given a final warning and only given a final warning `nd
:01:49. > :01:51.continued to run children's homes in the borough until he was dismissed
:01:52. > :02:02.for fraud in 1991. A highly critical report concluded...
:02:03. > :02:06.Carroll was eventually jailed for ten years in 1999 over a string of
:02:07. > :02:10.child sex attacks in Merseyside and London. The year before, this
:02:11. > :02:10.child sex attacks in Merseyside and London. The year before, thhs Met
:02:11. > :02:13.London. The year before, this Met detective started investigating
:02:14. > :02:15.child abuse claims in the south London borough. But when he revealed
:02:16. > :02:20.that some of the suspects were that some of the suspects were
:02:21. > :02:23.politicians, he told BBC Newsnight yesterday that he was taken off the
:02:24. > :02:28.investigation and subjected to a disciplinary. After I do disclose
:02:29. > :02:31.what I did in a case conferdnce what I did in a case conferdnce
:02:32. > :02:38.suspects' names, and I did that, suspects' names, and I did that,
:02:39. > :02:39.100%, I was informed that that was inappropriate and that I wotld be
:02:40. > :02:44.moved from my post. It was a moved from my post. It was `
:02:45. > :02:49.terrible thing to do to him, and for us, it was appalling, because it
:02:50. > :02:55.meant that for reasons I cotld only guess at, Clive was too good. He had
:02:56. > :02:57.to be taken off because he was an excellent detect tooth who might get
:02:58. > :03:03.excellent detect tooth who light get to the bottom of all of this. The
:03:04. > :03:07.Met says they are looking into claims made by DCA Driscoll and are
:03:08. > :03:12.therefore not currently prepared to discuss it. However, Scotland Yard
:03:13. > :03:16.did carry out an operation which led to convictions, and subsequently,
:03:17. > :03:20.three people have been arrested. Lambeth council says it will
:03:21. > :03:24.cooperate fully with the reviews into historic child sex abuse cases
:03:25. > :03:36.announced by the Home Secretary last week. This is something Anna
:03:37. > :03:36.announced by the Home Secretary last week. This is something Ann` taps or
:03:37. > :03:40.believes should have happened years believes should have happened years
:03:41. > :03:44.ago. A man from South London has been sentenced to over 12 years in
:03:45. > :03:49.prison in America after he admitted supporting Taliban`backed
:03:50. > :03:52.terrorism. The man from Tooting had spent eight years fighting
:03:53. > :03:57.extradition, as Dominic Casciani reports. He used the interndt
:03:58. > :03:58.extradition, as Dominic Casciani reports. He used the internet to
:03:59. > :04:02.reports. He used the interndt to urge Muslims to fight holy war.
:04:03. > :04:08.Today, after a decade of legal battles, Babar Ahmad has finally
:04:09. > :04:12.been sentenced. I think he will be viewed as a terrorist, the fact that
:04:13. > :04:15.he did not owe himself up, the fact that he did not pilot one of those
:04:16. > :04:17.aeroplanes, the fact that hd that he did not pilot one of those
:04:18. > :04:17.aeroplanes, the fact that he did not aeroplanes, the fact that he did not
:04:18. > :04:22.kill soldiers or innocents hn other kill soldiers or innocents hn other
:04:23. > :04:26.parts of the world is almost immaterial. He did provide laterial
:04:27. > :04:30.support to those who would seek to achieve those goals. Babar Ahmad was
:04:31. > :04:31.achieve those goals. Babar @hmad was an educated and hugely influential
:04:32. > :04:33.an educated and hugely infltential young man from Tooting in south
:04:34. > :04:37.London. Horrified by the slaughter London. Horrified by the slaughter
:04:38. > :04:38.of Muslims in Bosnia during the 1990s, he launched a website
:04:39. > :04:38.of Muslims in Bosnia during the 1990s, he launched a websitd arguing
:04:39. > :04:45.1990s, he launched a website arguing that jihad was an obligation on all
:04:46. > :04:49.Muslims. He urged others like him to support fighters in Bosnia `nd
:04:50. > :04:55.around the world. He was actively trying to encourage people that
:04:56. > :04:57.there is a jihad, a legitim`te jihad, taking place in Bosnia,
:04:58. > :04:57.there is a jihad, a legitimate jihad, taking place in Bosnha, to
:04:58. > :05:02.jihad, taking place in Bosnia, to defend the people from
:05:03. > :05:09.annihilation. This man was sent by Barbara Ahmed to Afghanistan. He
:05:10. > :05:12.later joined Al`Qaeda. Trained to carry out an attack on the West he
:05:13. > :05:17.carry out an attack on the West, he planned to detonate a shoe bomb on a
:05:18. > :05:20.plane but he backed out. He has now testified against Babar Ahm`d,
:05:21. > :05:23.although he says his old mentor never supported terrorism. British
:05:24. > :05:29.police first arrested Ahmed in 003, police first arrested Ahmed in 003,
:05:30. > :05:34.but they could not find any evidence to charge him. They later admitted
:05:35. > :05:37.he had been beaten during the arrest and paid him damages. Less than one
:05:38. > :05:42.year later, the police came back, this time at the request of the
:05:43. > :05:43.American authorities. Ahmed was accused of running a terrorist
:05:44. > :05:48.accused of running a terrorhst support cell here in Tooting.
:05:49. > :05:52.Extradition followed and his thousands of supporters said he
:05:53. > :05:57.should have been tried in Britain. Where did they interview you...? I
:05:58. > :06:01.Where did they interview yot... I met him in prison two years ago and
:06:02. > :06:07.he told me that supporting jihad did not make him a terrorist. If by
:06:08. > :06:11.jihad you mean defending yourself and your home and your family, then
:06:12. > :06:16.of course I support that, as every human being should have that right.
:06:17. > :06:21.But if by that, one means attacking innocent people or blowing tp
:06:22. > :06:24.nightclubs or violence for political means, then I do not support that.
:06:25. > :06:27.In the US, he entered a ple` In the US, he entered a plea
:06:28. > :06:33.bargain, admitting support for the Taliban. Babar Ahmad's jihad again
:06:34. > :06:35.with a desire to defend fellow Muslims, but it has ended in jail,
:06:36. > :06:38.3000 miles from home. That hs Muslims, but it has ended in jail,
:06:39. > :06:41.3000 miles from home. That is it from me. I will hand you ovdr
:06:42. > :06:42.3000 miles from home. That hs it from me. I will hand you over for
:06:43. > :06:45.the weather, and warnings of a heatwave? Yes, not to everyone's
:06:46. > :06:53.liking. Temperatures will bd heading liking. Temperatures will bd heading
:06:54. > :06:58.up to around 30 or just above by the time we get to Friday, but there
:06:59. > :07:07.will be increasing humidity as well. There could just be a splash of rain
:07:08. > :07:10.overnight. It will be a humid night, get used to these, difficult for
:07:11. > :07:15.sleeping, all the way through to the weekend. Tomorrow there will be some
:07:16. > :07:22.cloud around, but much more sunshine than we have seen today. Severe,
:07:23. > :07:24.disruptive thunderstorms coling than we have seen today. Severe
:07:25. > :07:32.disruptive thunderstorms coling our way as we go from Friday night
:07:33. > :07:34.towards Saturday morning. Time to hand you over for the national
:07:35. > :07:48.forecast now. The heat is set to build and the
:07:49. > :07:56.humidity will be rising, and for the reason we need to look south. Over
:07:57. > :07:58.the next few days, these southerly winds will draw up the heat and