Close aide to Prince Phillip went through ‘ABSOLUTE HELL’ over child sex abuse claims
A FOREMR close aide of Prince Phillip has revealed he felt “like a lamb to the slaughter” after being accused of historic child sex abuse offences.
Lt Col Benjamin Herman has condemned the police for investigating him on child sex abuse allegations
Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Herman, 81, was cleared last May of abusing a girl in the early 1970s when he was working as equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh.
The girl was around 11 or 12 at the time and the close aide to Prince Phillip said he went through “absolute hell” when he was arrested in February 2013.
Scotland Yard spent millions on an operation into historic sex abuse claims
He spent 27 months on bail before eventually being cleared by a jury in less than an hour.
Lt Col Herman said he felt police "thrive off VIPs" and were determined to prove their worth in the post Jimmy Savile era.
He said: "I fought for my country, I'm very privileged to have worked for the Royal Family and I love my country.
Bernard Hogan-Howe has come under intense pressure
"Justice has always been a major part of our national identity, we are known throughout the world for justice in Great Britain.
"I'm sorry to say that my experience of the Metropolitan Police has made me feel extremely sad because there is no justice."
His scathing comments come as under fire Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe faces mounting criticism over the Operation Midland investigation.
Harvey Proctor, former MP, called on the Met chief to resign
Lord Bramall, the former head of the Army, and ex Conservative MP Harvey Proctor have both been told they will not be charged after spending many months under suspicion over allegations of a VIP sex abuse ring made by the complainant known as Nick.
Lt Col Herman attacked what he described as the Met's "macho" culture and called for Sir Bernard to resign.
Lord Bramall has also criticised the Met's investigation into him
He said: "The police live and thrive off VIPs, there is this enormous tranche of VIP allegations.
"And they have made cock-up after cock-up after cock-up which the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police had failed to take charge of. If someone can't run their unit, or their ship, you sack him and put someone else in.
"And I firmly believe he should be sacked.”