UNITED KINGDOM
Independent
May 5, 2018,
Lizzy Buchan Political Correspondent
A former Conservative MP who was falsely accused of child sex abuse is suing Scotland Yard and his accuser for more than £1 million.
Harvey Proctor, 71, has lodged a High Court claim against the Metropolitan Police and the man, identified only as “Nick”, who sparked the Westminster sex abuse scandal by claiming he had been raped and abused by a VIP paedophile ring.
Operation Midland was launched in 2014 into historic allegations of child murder, rape and torture by senior figures in politics, the army and the security forces in the 1970s and 80s – based largely on Nick’s allegations.
However £2.5m investigation collapsed without any arrests and Nick has since appeared in court charged with possession of indecent images of children.
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