Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor SUING man who accused him of being part of VIP child abuse ring
Harvey Proctor's life was ruined by the false allegations by a man known only as Nick and the bungled inquiry by Operation Midland
FORMER Tory MP Harvey Proctor is suing the man who falsely accused him of being a member of a VIP child sex ring.
He lost his job and his home after the bungled Operation Midland, which was based on claims of a fantasist known as Nick.
Lawyers for Mr Proctor, 70, have given police 14 days to reveal Nick’s full name and address.
He is also wants compensation from the Met and Leicestershire police. His claim could add up to more than £1million.
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Former Met chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has apologised for how the case was handled but Mr Proctor said: “None of this can undo the damage the police and Nick have done.”
He told The Sun: “I regret the need to have to resort to the law but I need to be put back to the position I was in before the Met police raided my home in March 2015 and before I lost my job and my home.
“None of this action be possible undo the damage that the police and Nick have done to me.
“But I do not see why I should be in any worse state than I was before all this nonsense descended upon me.”
The investigation was finally dropped in March last year.
An inquiry by a retired High Court judge savaged Scotland Yard for believing Nick’s wild allegations – and publicly describing him as “credible and true”.
The former NHS middle manager, branded a “spiteful little liar” by his own step-brother, lost his job and wife in 2012 shortly before going to cops.