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| − | ''Operation Midland'' arose from claims (which turned out to be false) by Carl Beech (then given anonymity and instead referred to as "Nick"),<ref>{{cite news|title=Carl Beech: Accuser of 'VIP paedophile ring' named|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46431818 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |work=BBC News |date=3 December 2018}}</ref> a man aged in his 40s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tory MP 'murdered' boy at orgy, abuse victim claims |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11234001/Tory-MP-murdered-boy-at-orgy-abuse-victim-claims.html |first=Martin |last=Evans |accessdate=15 November 2014 |work=The Daily Telegraph |place=London |date=15 November 2014}}</ref> Beech was contacted by [[Exaro]], an investigative journalism website, and sold his story.<ref>[https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/23/carl-beech-and-his-enablers/ "Carl Beech and his enablers"]</ref> Exaro then sold stories to newspapers about the alleged incidents and [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mark-conrad-947a6a45 | + | ''Operation Midland'' arose from claims (which turned out to be false) by Carl Beech (then given anonymity and instead referred to as "Nick"),<ref>{{cite news|title=Carl Beech: Accuser of 'VIP paedophile ring' named|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46431818 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |work=BBC News |date=3 December 2018}}</ref> a man aged in his 40s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tory MP 'murdered' boy at orgy, abuse victim claims |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11234001/Tory-MP-murdered-boy-at-orgy-abuse-victim-claims.html |first=Martin |last=Evans |accessdate=15 November 2014 |work=The Daily Telegraph |place=London |date=15 November 2014}}</ref> Beech was contacted by [[Exaro]], an investigative journalism website, and sold his story.<ref>[https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/23/carl-beech-and-his-enablers/ "Carl Beech and his enablers"]</ref> Exaro then sold stories to newspapers about the alleged incidents and [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mark-conrad-947a6a45 Mark Conrad,] a reporter from Exaro, accompanied Beech ("Nick") to an early meeting with detectives, as an introductory measure, following a request by the [[Metropolitan Police]] agreed to by Beech.<ref>{{cite news |title=Operation Midland: how the Met lost its way|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/21/operation-midland-met-police-paedophile-ring|first1=Rajeev|last1=Syal|first2=Sandra|last2=Laville|accessdate=16 October 2016|work=The Guardian|place=London|date=21 March 2016}}</ref> |
==Claims of physical and sexual abuse== | ==Claims of physical and sexual abuse== | ||
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Carl Beech was born Carl Stephen Gass in 1968. Following his parents' separation, his mother Charmian married Major Raymond Beech in 1976, a soldier based in Wiltshire. Carl took his stepfather's surname.
On 22 July 2019, Carl Beech was found guilty of making false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against a string of public figures[1] Four days later on 26 July 2019, Beech was jailed for 18 years.
Operation Midland
Operation Midland arose from claims (which turned out to be false) by Carl Beech (then given anonymity and instead referred to as "Nick"),[2] a man aged in his 40s.[3] Beech was contacted by Exaro, an investigative journalism website, and sold his story.[4] Exaro then sold stories to newspapers about the alleged incidents and Mark Conrad, a reporter from Exaro, accompanied Beech ("Nick") to an early meeting with detectives, as an introductory measure, following a request by the Metropolitan Police agreed to by Beech.[5]
Claims of physical and sexual abuse
Carl Beech falsely claimed that his stepfather was the first to physically and sexually abuse him and that he was subsequently passed to other figures of authority during his childhood from 1975 to 1984. Beech made false claims specifically against twelve people, including the former Members of Parliament Harvey Proctor and Greville Janner, the former Home Secretary Leon Brittan, the former Prime Minister Edward Heath, the former Chief of the Defence Staff Lord Bramall, the former Director of the Secret Intelligence Service Maurice Oldfield, and the former Director-General of MI5 Michael Hanley. Beech falsely claimed that he was abused at a number of places including Dolphin Square, the Carlton Club, and various other places in the Home Counties. Beech also falsely claimed that the group murdered three children: two for sexual pleasure, and a third to intimidate the others. Proctor's solicitors told him that Beech had alleged that he had seen Proctor repeatedly stab a 12-year-old boy before strangling him to death, and that he himself had been raped by Proctor.
The officer leading the investigation, Detective Superintendent Kenny McDonald, said in December 2014 that experienced officers had concluded that the allegations were "credible and true".[6] McDonald was later criticised for the statement, and it was retracted. The very public nature of the investigation was modelled on the successful investigations of Operation Yewtree, but no further witnesses came forward.
Proctor detailed Beech's claims in public for the first time at a press conference, and also named his fellow accused. In September 2015 the Metropolitan Police said that they should never have asserted that "Nick"'s claims were true. Proctor and Bramall were subsequently interviewed under caution but were never arrested, and nothing was found in any police searches to support Beech's allegations. Bramall and Proctor both wanted Beech investigated for wasting police time. Brittan subsequently died during the inquiry without knowing that police had concluded, four months before his death, that there was no credible case against him. Nonetheless, police raided Brittan's home six weeks after his death and took computers, hard drives and papers without informing his widow of the reasons.
The Labour politician Tom Watson met Beech during the early stages of the investigation and subsequently said that Brittan was "close to evil". Watson later apologised to Brittan's widow for the comment. The Conservative politician Zac Goldsmith alleged in a parliamentary speech that Brittan was an abuser. The Guardian wrote in March 2016 that "Both politicians have been accused of abusing their positions to influence the police inquiries and cast aspersions upon alleged abusers".
On 22 July 2019, Beech was found guilty of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud regarding the Westminster VIP paedophile ring allegations.[7] He had been found guilty of possessing child abuse images, some in the most serious category of images.[8]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Epstein's Death Must Be the Start, not the End, of the Investigation | blog post | 11 August 2019 | Craig Murray | It is a great shame that in the UK, the Establishment has been able to characterise the falsifications of Carl Beech as discrediting the entire notion of historical child sexual abuse. |
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