Police failed to provide relevant investigation details into fictitious VIP abuse ring, says Howard Riddle
The judge who issued the search warrants during the disastrous Operation Midland investigation into a fictitious VIP abuse ring has suggested he was “misled” by police officers.
Howard Riddle, who has since retired as a senior district judge and chief magistrate, has backed the findings of a damning report by Sir Richard Henriques, which concluded he would not have granted the warrants had police given him all of the relevant information.
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