Man sentenced to 18 years in prison for lying about MP abuse
Carl Beech falsely claimed he had been sexually abused by a number of MPs- and even made murder accusations.
The 51-year-old has now been handed 18 years behind bars by a judge in Newcastle.
The man known as ‘Nick’, whose false child abuse allegations sparked a £2million investigation into a VIP paedophile ring, will spend 18 years in jail after the CPS proved him to be a serial liar and a fraud.
Carl Beech, 51, was convicted of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice on 22 July after telling police he was among many victims of high-profile establishment figures who raped and murdered children in the 1970s and 1980s.
Perpetrators were said to include former Prime Minister Ted Heath, former MP Harvey Proctor, Lord Edwin Bramall and Jimmy Savile.
Among Beech’s most disturbing fabrications was that he had witnessed Mr Proctor murdering two children, one of whom he went on to identify as missing boy Martin Allen.
Beech gave police a pen-knife the politician supposedly used to threaten him with, telling officers: “I hope there will be enough evidence to see him [Mr Proctor] in court”.
His false account led to Mr Proctor having his home searched and being questioned under caution for six hours as part of Operation Midland.
Operation Midland eventually closed in 2016 without any arrests - but not before Beech’s stories had cost an estimated £2 million to investigate.
The trained nurse continued to maintain his account was true throughout a ten-week trial at Newcastle Crown Court, in the face of compelling evidence demonstrating the opposite.
Liz Reid, CPS Specialist Prosecutor, said: “The case of ‘Nick’ is quite unlike any other we have come across, with public figures accused in open court of the most serious crimes imaginable.
Published: by Radio NewsHub