I was falsely accused, yet still not treated as a victim. When Carl Beech walked free from prison early due to the Labour Government’s early release scheme – and of course 14 years of Conservative inaction – no one thought to tell me. No one told the family of Lord Bramall. No one told the family of Lord Brittan. No one told those representing Sir Edward Heath. And yet it was our lives his lies helped to destroy.
Beech was jailed for 18 years in 2019 for perverting the course of justice, fraud and other sexual offences. His claims – lurid, grotesque and entirely false – led to the disastrous Operation Midland. My home was raided by more than 20 Metropolitan Police officers. My livelihood was ruined. My reputation was dragged through the mud in the most public and devastating way imaginable. The same is true, in different ways, for others he accused, including men who are no longer alive to defend themselves.
So why were we not even informed of his release? The answer is as simple as it is shocking: in the eyes of the law, we are not considered victims. For offences like perverting the course of justice, the system treats the Crown – not the individuals whose lives are torn apart – as the victim. The human cost is ignored and the real damage is treated as incidental.
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