As Assistant Commissioner Dick and Rodhouse’s direct boss in 2014, she had signed off the start of Operation Midland. She would be in charge there as the full extent of the force’s errors over the Savile inquiry became clear. That November, Operation Midland was established with Rodhouse in overall charge as ‘Gold Commander’. Beech’s computers — in which he stored child sexual abuse images — had not been examined by Midland officers for fear of offending him. Nick Bramall agrees: ‘I have nothing but contempt for the way the police handled Operation Midland,’ he says.

Source: The Nation February 27, 2021 09:45 UTC