UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
The former senior counsel to the independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse in England and Wales has been cleared of allegations of sexual assault and harassment.
An inquiry worker claimed he groped her in a lift in September.
But a former director of public prosecutions has now exonerated Ben Emmerson QC “without hesitation”.
Mr Emmerson, who quit the inquiry in September, said he was “very pleased” with the investigation’s outcome.
He said: “This has been a difficult period and I am naturally very pleased that an independent senior judge has now confirmed that the allegations against me were always unfounded.”
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