Operation Midland: judge who issued search warrants claims he was 'misled'

Police failed to provide relevant investigation details into fictitious VIP abuse ring, says Howard Riddle

The judge who issued the search warrants during the disastrous Operation Midland investigation into a fictitious VIP abuse ring has suggested he was "misled" by police officers.

Howard Riddle, who has since retired as a senior district judge and chief magistrate, has backed the findings of a damning report by Sir Richard Henriques, which concluded he would not have granted the warrants had police given him all of the relevant information.