Priti Patel to order third review of police handling of Carl Beech

New inquiry would reportedly look at Met’s response to earlier investigation into its failings

The home secretary is to risk angering police by ordering a fresh, third inquiry into Scotland Yard’s disastrous investigation into a fictitious establishment paedophile and murder ring.

Priti Patel is expected to announce the investigation on Friday, the day Scotland Yard releases more details of its own review by a retired judge into how police fell for the fabrications of a fantasist, Carl Beech, who was subsequently jailed for 18 years for lying to detectives.

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