Britain
has been consumed for three years by a growing list of investigations
into pedophile rings, but now there are growing doubts about the
credibility of someone the police regarded as a major witness in one of
the most explosive of these cases, which supposedly involved
high-ranking politicians, intelligence chiefs, army generals and even a
former prime minister.
Some
recent press reports have questioned the credibility of the witness in
the case, a man known only by his pseudonym, Nick, who says that he was
abused by the Westminster V.I.P. ring
for nine years and that he witnessed three murders. The Metropolitan
Police in London issued a statement two weeks ago, saying that one of
its senior officers had been wrong to describe Nick’s account as
“credible and true” before the investigation was concluded.