VIP paedophile ring accuser known as 'Nick the fantasist' charged over child abuse images

Nick claimed the ring raped, abused and even murdered young boys in Dolphin Square, Westminster
Nigel Howard
Tom Powell7 February 2018
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A man who claimed to be the victim of a VIP paedophile ring has himself been charged with offences related to indecent images of children.

The accuser, known only as Nick, sparked the Met Police’s Operation Midland in 2015 after he told officers he had been abused for nine years.

He claimed the VIP ring raped, abused and even murdered young boys, with some of the abuse taking place in Dolphin Square, Westminster.

But the Met's £2.5 million investigation was abandoned in 2016 without a single arrest, despite police raiding the homes of prominent figures including Lord Bramall and the late ex-home secretary Lord Brittan.

After the operation was closed, the Met Police apologised to those who had been falsely accused and paid out compensation.

Lord Brittan's home was raided by police as part of the sex abuse probe
PA Wire/PA Images

It has now been revealed alleged fantasist Nick was arrested last June and faces six charges, including making indecent images of children.

He has appeared at magistrates’ court to deny the charges and will go on trial later this year.

Some of the offences are alleged to have happened during the period that Nick was talking to detectives from Operation Midland.

Nick is also being investigated for perverting the cause of justice and fraud. Northumbria Police passed a file of evidence for those offences to the CPS last September.

Nick's real name cannot be reported because sex offence are complainants are legally entitled to lifelong anonymity.

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