UNITED KINGDOM
Mail on Sunday
By MARTIN BECKFORD and MARK NICOL FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
The shock suspension of the top barrister in the troubled child abuse inquiry is closely linked to the departure of his deputy, a senior source close to the investigation has revealed.
Ben Emmerson was suspended by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse last week after it became ‘very concerned about aspects of his leadership’, and resigned soon after.
It then emerged that junior counsel to Britain’s biggest public inquiry, Elizabeth Prochaska, had quietly left her post a fortnight earlier.
Last night insiders told The Mail on Sunday that the two departures, which plunged the investigation into fresh chaos, were closely linked.
‘It is no coincidence that Ben’s suspension comes so soon after Elizabeth’s resignation, that’s what this is about,’ said one source.
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