‘VIP NONCE ACCUSER FLED WHEN CLAIMS PROVED FALSE’
Court told defendant made ‘most heinous’ claims
THE man known as Nick – who is accused of lying when he claimed he witnessed child murders and was sexually abused by a VIP Westminster paedophile ring – fled to Sweden when his allegations were proved to be false, a court heard.
Carl Beech, a 51-year-old father from Gloucester, is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court where he denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one count of fraud.
Prosecuting, Tony Badenoch QC said his accusations against powerful figures in the ‘LIES’: Beech claimed he was sexually abused military, politicians and Jimmy Savile were among the “most heinous” that could be made.
The court heard Beech had claimed that he had witnessed “three child murders, multiple rapes, kidnapping, false imprisonment and widespread sexual abuse”.
Addressing the jury, Mr Badenoch said the claims were initially made to Wiltshire Police and the Metropolitan Police and led to the £2million Operation Midland.
Elderly suspects such as Lord Brittan, Lord Bramall, a former head of the Army, and former MP Harvey Proctor had their homes raided.
When that inquiry was stopped, Northumbria Police was tasked to look into Beech.
Mr Badenoch said: “Upon their investigation, in Northumbria, a number of important claims made by Carl Beech when he made the allegations were found to be provably false.
“He had lied about the content of these allegations, taken active steps to embellish a false story, and then cover his tracks when challenged.
“He made no response when asked to account for this by Northumbria Police and, ultimately, he took the only option that was really available to him, he fled the country and lived overseas as a fugitive.
“That was until a specialist fugitive unit in Sweden worked closely with Northumbria Police and the National Crime Agency to secure his arrest on a European Arrest Warrant executed overseas.
“He was then extradited back to face these charges.”
The case continues.