Leon Brittan's widow says 'no closure' from false abuse claims after case dropped

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g21m8py12o

The widow of ex-Home Secretary Lord Brittan, who was falsely accused of being part of a paedophile ring in Westminster, has criticised the decision to drop an investigation into the officer who led an inquiry into the claims.

Lady Brittan said the misconduct proceedings against Met Police officer Steve Rodhouse had been "quietly dropped".

She told BBC's Emma Barnett it showed a "complete lack of professionalism" and that her trust in the Met and the police watchdog that led the investigation had been "severely undermined".

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She said she wants there to be action taken to prevent what happened to her husband happening to other people.

"My husband was a high-profile individual, but at every level of society there are people who are falsely accused, and for them [also] it's the ruining of reputation, it's the anxiety that goes with it," she said.

"So, I feel that it would have at least put a closure, to use that odd word, on the whole episode if somebody had been held to account, either for misconduct, or even for incompetence."

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"I wasn't part of a ring! I was an independently operating pedophile, thank you very much!"