What do people think about the Carl Beech and 'Operation Midland' affair.
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He is obviously a disgusting specimen of a human being, initially blaming his 14-year-old son for the child abuse images found on a laptop by the police. In addition, he ruined the lives of many people, especially those in high-profile positions who were named by the press as being 'under investigation' for running alleged paedophile rings which involved raping and abusing young boys at parties.
There is no denying Beech was correctly convicted.
However, ISTM this all started when he joined a forum to discuss how he had been abused by his adopted father, who was quite high up in the military and indeed, his mother, Charmian divorced him because of his heavy drinking and poor treatment of her.
I wonder whether in fact, if Beech was abused by his stepfather (although there is no suggestion he was) then it is possible his father could have passed him around his boy-loving friends. From there, Nick was encouraged by a journalist who saw what he wrote on the forum describing his abuse, to be interviewed for an article and this developed into tv producers - including BBC's Panorama - running documentaries with him as a 'witness' on high-up paedophile rings. This is against a back drop of a real paedophile ring discovered (Cooke) and extensive exposure of PIE rings.
ISTM Beech was merely being encouraged to fantasise and he duly obliged, enjoying the attention and possibly even believing some of his nonsense.
It was surely the Met Police who ruined the reputations of top politicians (for example, Ted Heath and Nigel Lawson) and top military brass (for example Lord Bramall and Janner)?
Beech's stach of child porn certainly deserved a lengthy prison sentence.
However, nobody was killed. He didn't ask the BBC or the police to focus attention on him or say his claims were 'true and credible'.
He is a sad pathetic man. Yet his sentence seems to be even longer than some heinous murderers who get out in nine years. It seems a bit over the top to me.
To summarise from wiki:
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In November 2014, Operation Midland was set up by the Metropolitan Police in London to examine allegations of child sexual abuse and homicide,[1] later extended to cover allegations of three murders and activities at the Dolphin Square development in Pimlico and elsewhere;[2] on 21 March 2016, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that Operation Midland had been closed without any charges being brought.[3] An inquiry found that those investigated by police were victims of false allegations and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner subsequently apologised to them.[4] The primary accuser, Carl Beech, was convicted of charges related to making up the allegations in July 2019. |
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In July 2018 it was announced that Beech had been charged with twelve counts of perverting the cause of justice and one of fraud.[23] After the lifting of reporting restrictions in December, Beech was publicly identified by name, as a 50-year-old former National Health Service manager from Newcastle. Beech is accused of obtaining £22,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority by submitting a false claim of abuse.[24] In May 2019, Beech was placed on trial; he denied the charges against him.[25] During the trial, it was revealed that Beech had previously been convicted of voyeurism and making and possessing indecent images of children, relating to offences committed while he was still making allegations to the police.[26] Beech was convicted of all charges on 22 July and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment on 26 July.[27] |
There is no denying Beech was correctly convicted.
However, ISTM this all started when he joined a forum to discuss how he had been abused by his adopted father, who was quite high up in the military and indeed, his mother, Charmian divorced him because of his heavy drinking and poor treatment of her.
I wonder whether in fact, if Beech was abused by his stepfather (although there is no suggestion he was) then it is possible his father could have passed him around his boy-loving friends. From there, Nick was encouraged by a journalist who saw what he wrote on the forum describing his abuse, to be interviewed for an article and this developed into tv producers - including BBC's Panorama - running documentaries with him as a 'witness' on high-up paedophile rings. This is against a back drop of a real paedophile ring discovered (Cooke) and extensive exposure of PIE rings.
ISTM Beech was merely being encouraged to fantasise and he duly obliged, enjoying the attention and possibly even believing some of his nonsense.
It was surely the Met Police who ruined the reputations of top politicians (for example, Ted Heath and Nigel Lawson) and top military brass (for example Lord Bramall and Janner)?
Beech's stach of child porn certainly deserved a lengthy prison sentence.
However, nobody was killed. He didn't ask the BBC or the police to focus attention on him or say his claims were 'true and credible'.
He is a sad pathetic man. Yet his sentence seems to be even longer than some heinous murderers who get out in nine years. It seems a bit over the top to me.
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