By Daniel De Simone
BBC News
The officer who led a disastrous Scotland Yard investigation into false VIP sex abuse allegations has a case to answer for gross misconduct, the police watchdog has said.
Steve Rodhouse ran an operation that probed invented claims that MPs and generals abused and murdered children.
He currently works as deputy head of the National Crime Agency.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) looked at if he used inaccurate or dishonest words in 2016.
While working for the Met, he oversaw Operation Midland, which was largely based on claims made by Carl Beech, who was jailed in 2019 for making false allegations.
Beech was sentenced to 18 years in prison for 12 charges of perverting the course of justice, one of fraud, and for several child sexual offences.
He was only brought to justice after a damning review by retired high court judge Sir Richard Henriques recommended he be investigated by another police force.
But the BBC revealed two other complainants who made false claims were not referred by the Met for investigation, despite Sir Richard recommending they should be.
In 2016, then Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Rodhouse told Sir Richard in a private presentation that he was "satisfied" the other two complainants had "told deliberate lies".
However, when Operation Midland closed months earlier, Scotland Yard issued a public statement to the media which said detectives had "not found evidence to prove that they were knowingly misled...
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