Bumbling Met chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe finally says sorry to D-Day hero Lord Bramall for abuse lies
Bramall was kept waiting for a decision for ten months when Met officers had known he was innocent long before
MET Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has finally apologised to D-Day hero Lord Bramall for raiding his home over false child abuse claims.
The Commissioner also said sorry for keeping Field-Marshal Lord Bramall, 92, hanging on for ten months while awaiting a decision.
His wife died by the time the ex-head of our armed services was cleared. Yet cops knew there was no evidence months earlier.
Lord Bramall said: “Sir Bernard said they should never have searched the house, and also apologised for the inordinately and unnecessarily long time they took to the complete the investigation.
“I hope that in future totally innocent people are not allowed to suffer in the way I and my family, as well as many others, have been forced to do.”
Twenty cops raided the couple’s Hampshire home in July 2015.
Describing the confusion of his wife, who had Alzheimer’s, Lord Bramall said: “She kept on saying, ‘Have I done something wrong?’
“My wife died without me being cleared. It didn’t come into their consideration she was dying.”
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An ex-judge’s report due out next month is expected to blast police for basing their actions on the word of a serial fantasist.
Lord Bramall’s treatment echoed that of former Home Secretary Lord Brittan, who died in January last year unaware officers had already found a rape claim against him was bogus.