Scotland Yard’s failure to investigate two serial liars who made false claims of sex abuse is to be probed by watchdogs.
The move follows a Daily Mail investigation in January that revealed how the men escaped criminal charges despite clear evidence that they had made up stories about innocent VIPs.
A 2016 review of the Met’s shambolic Operation Midland sex abuse inquiry found that the pair – known as Witnesses A and B – should be considered for offences of perjury.
Sal Naseem of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) watchdog said: ‘Our investigation follows the referral of complaints from two individuals who were adversely affected by the allegations made by Witnesses A and B.
‘We have reviewed a report from Merseyside Police, who previously investigated a similar complaint and finalised its report in June 2021, but have decided it is still necessary to investigate these complaints.
‘Given the significant shortcomings in Operation Midland... it is important for those affected to understand what steps were taken by the Met, following the recommendation that offences of perverting the course of justice be considered for Witnesses A and B.’
Last month the Mail revealed that former Tory Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken was targeted by Witness A, a fraudster and paedophile whose allegations were taken seriously by police as they desperately tried to prove VIP sex claims by the fantasist Carl ‘Nick’ Beech.
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