Scotland Yard has been condemned for its handling of a multimillion pound investigation into an alleged VIP paedophile ring in Westminster after the former nurse at the centre of the allegations was found guilty of fabricating his extraordinary claims. The trial heard that Beech fled to a remotepart of northern Sweden whenhis story began to unravel. Beech helped start a charity exhibition highlighting child abuse survivors’ stories which went on display at City Hall in London. The Labour deputy leader, Tom Watson, met Beech to talk about his allegations and the former health worker told the trial that Watson was part of a “little group” supporting him. Those complexities are compounded where those allegations stretch back many decades, as was the case in Operation Midland.

Source: The Guardian July 22, 2019 18:25 UTC