VIP child abuse ‘victim’ charged

Man who claimed he was abused by high-profile figures in the 1980s now accused of fraud and perverting the course of justice

Dolphin Square near Westminster is where three boys were alleged to have been murdered in the 1980s
(Image credit: Carl Court/Getty Images)

The man who sparked a wide-ranging child-abuse scandal that implicated senior members of the British establishment has been charged with making up the claims then trying to profit from them.

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