A man who alleged he was the victim of a VIP child abuse ring faces multiple charges relating to the possession of indecent images of children.<\/p>\n
The man, known as Nick, claimed a paedophile ring was responsible for murdering three children.<\/p>\n
He also said he was systematically abused and tortured by senior politicians and members of the armed forces during the 1970s and 80s.<\/p>\n
The claims triggered the abandoned Met Police investigation Operation Midland.<\/p>\n
Those he accused included former Conservative politicians Lord Brittan and Harvey Proctor, and Field Marshall Lord Bramall.<\/p>\n
After the Met launched Operation Midland in 2014 they held a press conference where a senior detective described Nick’s allegations as “credible and true”.<\/p>\n
In 2015, the Met carried out a series of high-profile dawn raids on the homes of those Nick had accused.<\/p>\n
All of them denied his allegations and no evidence whatsoever was found to support Nick’s claims.<\/p>\n
After the \u00a32.5m investigation was closed, without any charges, the Met apologised for the way they had conducted the inquiry and paid compensation.<\/p>\n
A report into Operation Midland, carried out by a retired High Court judge, said the Met had made a series of errors in the investigation and made 25 recommendations on how police should handle similar allegations in the future.<\/p>\n
Nick’s real identity cannot be reported for legal reasons.<\/p>\n
The offences he was charged with last year relate to indecent images of children of varying levels of seriousness, including the most serious.<\/p>\n
Some of the offences are alleged to have happened during the same period he was talking to Operation Midland detectives.<\/p>\n
“Nick” is also being investigated for perverting the course of justice and fraud – a file of evidence for those offences has been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"