Searches the property of Cliff Richard after complaining of “nature … – Reuters

             

                     
                 

             

 
                     

The estate of singer Cliff Richard in Sunningdale in Berkshire, southern England area, is the subject of searches by police after a complaint of “sexual nature” have been presented relative to a case that occurred in the decade of 1980 with a smaller boy at the time.

                 

                      Police in South Yorkshire, carrying out the operation, confirmed in a statement on its website that it was “issued a search warrant after the police have received a complaint about an encounter of a sexual nature dating from the 1980s, involving a boy who at the time had less than 16 years “. The statement which was not made any arrest and that the property owner is not in place.

The authorities have not yet indicate whether the singer will be questioned, whether it is a witness or a suspect or if has no bearing on the case that will last for about 30 years.

Five disfigured cars and eight police officers dressed in civilian are conducting the operation.

In a statement quoted by Reuters, Cliff Richard confirms the searches. “Police were today in my apartment in Berkshire without any warning except to the press,” the singer wrote. “In addition to asserting that the claim is completely false today would not be appropriate to say anything more until
police investigation be completed,” the statement added. The musician guarantees be available to collaborate with the authorities if they request it.

correspondent of British television station in the Algarve, where Cliff Richard has many years a house in Guia, Albufeira Area, advanced that the singer was not this Thursday at the residence of the Portuguese holiday and that this will have traveled with her sister to another region of Portugal.

Cliff Richard, 73, is considered one of the most well- successful British musicians. With about 21.5 million singles sold, is the only singer who had at least one album from the British sales charts in each of the last seven decades. In 2013 released his 100th album. Was invested with the title of Knight ( Sir , in English) in 1995 and, in 2012, acted in concert Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.