Analysis: why police continue to investigate claims by ‘Nick’

Key witness: 'Nick'

Why did detectives publicly say that they regarded a key witness’s extraordinary account of child sex abuse as “credible”?

This is what I am most often asked about Scotland Yard’s ‘Operation Midland’, coming slightly ahead of questions that are in essence: who are your confidential sources?

Journalists at a Press briefing at Scotland Yard last December were truly taken aback by the comment that detectives regarded the witness's account as credible.

We at Exaro were not so surprised. We knew what they thought.

And we knew why.  (more...)

Analysis: why police continue to investigate claims by ‘Nick’