Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has been criticised over his role in a bungled police investigation into historic sexual abuse claims in a report that says his intervention had left officers “in a state of panic”. His interest, however, in both Operation Midland and Operation Vincente created further pressure upon MPS officers.”Quick guide What was Operation Midland and how did it go wrong? Operation Midland was set up by the Metropolitan police in November 2014 to examine allegations of child sexual abuse and homicide. “The prolonged extension of both this investigation and Operation Midland was unjustifiable and most unfair to the Brittan family. It therefore cannot be argued that it was pressure from me that led to Lord Brittan being interviewed.

Source: The Guardian October 04, 2019 14:48 UTC