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A man who claims Lord Louis Mountbatten abused him at a notorious Belfast children's home has formally launched legal action against state institutions in ...

"He wants the facts finally to emerge about his abuse generally and specific allegations about two separate incidents implicating the now deceased royal." "In doing this he wants to expose what, until now, have been suspicions and rumours about one of his alleged abusers, the late Lord Louis Mountbatten. A man who claims Lord Louis Mountbatten abused him at a notorious Belfast children's home has formally launched legal action against state institutions in Northern Ireland.

Lawyers representing Arthur Smyth lodged a writ of summons at the High Court as part of a case in which he alleges that the late earl molested him twice during ...

"There is no better forum to expose injustice than the courts, and particularly a Belfast court. The home, which closed in 1980, was at the centre of a major sex abuse scandal. Wider proceedings brought by the plaintiff relate to periods he spent as a child at three different facilities in Belfast, including Kincora in the east of the city.

State institutions in Northern Ireland are facing legal action from a man claiming a breach of care while at a notorious boys' home. | UTV News.

Wider proceedings brought by the plaintiff relate to periods he spent as a child at three different facilities in Belfast, including Kincora in the east of the city. Solicitor Kevin Winters said: “In issuing this action today Arthur Smyth has now put down a marker and taken the next important step in his battle to get justice over the horrific abuse suffered by him when he was a child. [Kincora ](/news/topic/kincora)home for boys, is suing the Department of Health, the Secretary of State, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Business Services Organisation.