Former Met Police officer and whistleblower Jon Wedger has said Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan is “beyond redemption” over grooming gangs in London.

Speaking to GB News, Mr Wedger revealed that he was told to drop investigations into 50 cases of child abuse or he would “lose his home, job and children”, as what he had exposed would “F the Metropolitan Police”.

Recounting the “aggressive” way his investigations were shut down, he told host Nigel Farage: “I was told that if I continued to look into it or revealed my findings as one of two officers that was dedicated to looking for children involved in what we call a crime of prostitution, I’m not endorsing the term and just saying it was.

“But when I put my findings on an intelligence report and it was submitted to a senior officer I was told, ‘if I continued on my path, I would lose my home, my job and my children’. What I exposed would ‘F the Metropolitan Police past, present and future’.”

Mr Wedger added: “And I was told that there was nowhere for me to go. If I classed the attitude of the officer as bullying, he told me that he would not betray fellow rank, nor would they.”

Explaining how he was then dropped immediately from the operation, the former Met Police officer said: “I was then removed straight away from the operation, an active operation in which we had dozens of young kids, girls and boys from the age of nine to 14, involved in being pimped out on the streets of London; most of which were addicted to crack cocaine and heroin, and some had life threatening diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis C and contagious tuberculosis.

“One of the most prolific pimps, as it were, was a white woman who we managed to get convicted for double figures.

“She was the first person ever to get convicted on the amended 2003 Sexual Offences Act. But it was as diverse as a population of London.”

Criticising Sadiq Khan for ignoring the “most vile criminality going”, Mr Wedger fumed: “I did a call out to Sadiq Khan, who in my opinion, is beyond redemption on this topic, and also Mark Rowley.

“Because I generally believe that Mark Rowley, the boss of the Met, underneath that corporate exterior, there is a heart.

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“And I appealed to his heart, and said, Mark, do the right thing, be the hero of the day, turn this around. It’s in your power and capabilities. Do it, you know I’m not lying.”

He stated: “I challenged Sadiq Khan and Mark Rowley. I said, ‘prove me wrong, because you can’t.’ And it looks like he may have taken heed, whether he has or not he, now, seems to be doing the right thing.

“When I saw that clip with Susan Hall being berated, he was engaging in this seminar of semantics, wordplay, and ignoring the most vile criminality going and the disregard and disrespect to victims and survivors of the most appalling crime.”

Calling for “dedicated officers” to take a “proactive approach” to the grooming gangs operating in Britain, the ex-officer told GB News: “You need dedicated officers on what’s known as a proactive approach.

“It cannot have what they call fire brigade policing, which is purely reactive. This crime never presents itself in a disorderly or dishonest way, like most crime does. This is hidden, it’s covert. The Met did have dedicated officers on the vice unit, but they’ve shut all that down.

“When a kid is sexually abused, the damage goes on for three generations. And what about the suicides?

“In order for healing, we need justice. And in order for justice, we need to go out there and nick these people.

“I just say to the police, to Mark Rowley – just do your job.

A spokesman for the Mayor of London told GB News: “Sadiq Khan has consistently been clear to the Met that no stone must be left unturned in pursuing justice for the victims of grooming gangs and ensuring the vile perpetrators are brought to justice.

“The Mayor remains vigilant to emerging and changing threats around child exploitation, and will continue to support and hold the Met to account, to ensure it does everything possible to tackle child sexual exploitation in London.”