Operation Midland 'riddled with errors', says controversial new report

Victim groups oppose independent inquiry findings over police investigation of alleged VIP paedophile ring dating back to 1970s

Bernard Hogan-Howe
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
(Image credit: Oli Scarff/Getty)

A report on a Metropolitan Police investigation into an alleged group of paedophile VIPs who abused and killed children in the 1970s and 1980s has identified 43 failings.

The decision to abandon Operation Midland should have been taken "much earlier", author Sir Richard Henriques said.

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