The only officer to face disciplinary proceedings over the Metropolitan Police’s disastrous VIP paedophile investigation saw the case against him sensationally dropped today.
Former Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Rodhouse was due to face a disciplinary board later this month on an allegation of gross misconduct over claims that he lied in public at the conclusion of the Operation Midland probe in 2016.
However the charge has been dropped at the 11th hour after the Met ‘recently disclosed’ a ‘large volume of relevant material.’
Mr Rodhouse, who was later promoted to Deputy Head of the National Crime Agency, Britain’s version of the FBI, oversaw Midland, an investigation based on the lies of fantasist Carl Beech – aka ‘Nick’.
Beech accused prominent public figures including former home secretary Leon Brittan, former Army head Lord Bramall and ex-Tory MP Harvey Proctor of being part of a murderous paedophile ring.
