Defence Secretary reinforces calls for a Met apology to Lord Bramall
DEFENCE Secretary Michael Fallon yesterday added to growing calls for Lord Bramall to receive a “proper apology” for his treatment during a Metropolitan Police child sex probe.
Michael Fallon has reinforced calls for a Met apology to Lord Bramall
Mr Fallon said the former Armed Forces chief had been subject to “maximum pain” as a result of the mishandling of an investigation into claims he was part of a ring of high-profile child abusers.
The allegations against the 92-year-old were dropped due to a lack of evidence, and critics blame the Met for putting the D-Day hero through the trauma of a nine-month inquiry.
Lord Bramall was cleared of sex abuse claims following a 10-month inquiry
Somebody, somewhere owes Lord Bramall a proper apology
Mr Fallon said: “Somebody, somewhere owes Lord Bramall a proper apology for a case that clearly was badly handed. He was treated extremely badly.
"The case itself seems to have been handled very clumsily to cause maximum pain to the field marshal, and somebody somewhere owes him an apology.”
Mr Fallon said the former Armed Forces chief had been subject to 'maximum pain'
The Met has refused to apologise to Lord Bramall
Last week Scotland Yard refused to apologise to Field Marshal Lord Bramall, days after his son, Nicholas Bramall, called for his anonymous accuser to be investigated.
In a letter to a national newspaper, he said the key witness, known as Nick, had been “peddling unsubstantiated and uncorroborated information” that had left his father’s distinguished reputation “tainted with the stench of abuse”.