Well this is kinda awkward for the NSPCC...
Joanna Williams @jowilluams293
Incredible this was taken so seriously by so many. This detail blows my mind: Beech gave talks to children as young as five about the dangers of abuse on behalf of the NSPCC.... delivering assemblies and workshops to young children.
amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/22/carl-beech-vip-paedophile-ring-claims-guilty?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true
Carl Beech made up VIP paedophile ring claims, jury finds
Former nurse found guilty of perverting course of justice and fraud after 10-week trial
Revealed: how Carl Beech, the serial child abuse accuser, became the accused
Paedophile Carl Beech gave NSPCC talks to children about abuse
The former NHS manager, known under the pseudonym “Nick”, was found guilty after a 10-week trial at Newcastle crown court of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one count of fraud over a £22,000 criminal compensation payout.
Beech, a vicar’s son, stood by his claims in court, giving a graphic account of the three child murders he alleged he had witnessed, insisting: “I was there and I know it took place.”
The jury’s decision brings an end to the unprecedented case, which has seen one of those falsely accused brand the Metropolitan police’s investigation a “fishing expedition” based on the “ravings of a fantasist”. The trial heard how when Beech’s story had begun to unravel, he fled to a remote forested area of northern Sweden and going on the run last year.
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Beech – himself a convicted paedophile after pleading guilty to child abuse image offences in a separate trial – alleged to the Metropolitan police in 2014 that when he was seven his stepfather, Major Raymond Beech, had begun ferrying him to depraved parties where he was sexually abused by a group of high-profile men.
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Beech – who was a paediatric nurse at the start of his career – pleaded guilty in a separate trial in January to four counts of making indecent photographs of children, one count of possessing indecent images of children and one count of voyeurism.
He initially lied to investigators and sought to frame his teenage son for the crime, pleading not guilty to the indecent image offences before switching his plea and accepting he was responsible. Beech concealed some of the material, which included 28 child abuse images of the most serious category, on a secret calculator app on his iPad.
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While police investigated Beech’s claims, he helped kickstart a charity exhibition highlighting child abuse survivors’ stories that went on display at City Hall in London. The Bristol-based Southmead Project charity’s founder, Dr Mike Peirce, now says he feels betrayed by Beech and is devastated.
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The Guardian has learned that Beech gave talks to children as young as five about the dangers of abuse on behalf of the NSPCC. He volunteered for the charity from November 2012 until July 2015, delivering assemblies and workshops to young children. Beech spoke to key stage 1 and 2 pupils at 33 primary schools in Herefordshire as part of the NSPCC’s Speak Out Stay Safe scheme.
It looks from the time line that at the time he worked for the NSPCC he does seem to have had a good reputation. They were aware he was 'Nick' and was making these serious allegations to the police.
The prosecutions for child pornography were only this year.
However in the context of other safeguarding issues that the NSPCC has had, and the damage that 'Nick' has done for genuine child abuse victim cases this is still a big deal.
It can only further damage the reputation of the NSPCC at a time when we are all asking questions and feeling like we are being dismissed for concerns.
Its troubling.