Carl Beech convicted of lying about VIP paedophile ring

Former nurse's lurid claims had sparked a police investigation costing £2m

Carl Beech
Carl Beech was jailed for 18 years in July for falsely alleging a VIP paedophile ring
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A convicted paedophile has been found guilty of lying to police and tricking Scotland Yard into launching a costly investigation into a VIP paedophile ring that didn’t exist.

Carl Beech, 51, from Gloucester, was found guilty of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud. He had made allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against a series of public figures.

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