Lord Bramall Receives Payout Following False Child Abuse Allegations

The Metropolitan Police has paid out £100,000 in compensation to Lord Bramall after his home was raided as part of the Operation Midland child sex abuse investigation.

Lord Bramall, a D-Day veteran and former head of the Armed Forces, was falsely accused of being involved in a VIP paedophile ring in the 1970s and 80s.

Despite a lack of evidence, Lord Bramall’s home was raided by police. At the time, Bramall’s late wife was suffering from dementia.

Lawyers for Scotland Yard have agreed the settlement, which includes a gagging clause, stating that the search had been unjustified and unnecessary.

Operation Midland was launched in November 2014 after a man came forward claiming to have been raped and abused by a VIP paedophile ring.

The subsequent 18-month investigation launched by Scotland Yard cost in excess of £2.5 million.

The investigation was closed in 2016 without a single arrest; the man involved, known as Nick, is now being investigated on suspicion of fraud and perverting the course of justice.

Last year a review investigation conducted by retired High Court Judge Sir Richard Henriques, said the police had acted as if they were "looking for bodies or bodies parts", when carrying out the searches.

He also stated that Scotland Yard detectives had misled a judge when obtaining warrants to carry out the raids.

He stated that the lives of the suspects had been "shattered by the word of a single uncorroborated complainant".

He added:

 "I have no doubt that the District Judge was misled, and had he known the true position he would not have granted the applications. The gravity of a judge being misled in such circumstances cannot be overstated."