Sentencing Remarks of Mr Justice Goss: R v Carl Beech

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date26 July 2019
Docket NumberT20187624
Subject MatterSentencing Remarks
CourtCrown Court
1
REGINA
-v-
CARL BEECH
SENTENCING REMARKS
1. Between December 2012 and March 2016 you deliberately, repeatedly and
maliciously told lies to the police and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
falsely claiming that, as a child between the ages of 7 and 15, you had been a victim
of appalling sexual and physical abuse, had witnessed other children being similarly
abused and seen three children being murdered. You falsely accused a number of
well-known public figures including politicians, very senior military figures and the
heads of the intelligence services, many of whom had since died but some were still
alive, of having been members of paedophile groups and the perpetrators. It was after
the public revelations of the commission by Jimmy Savile of a number of sexual
offences that you made your first complaint to the Metropolitan Police in late 2012.
The initial investigation was entrusted to the Wiltshire Police. You told them that
your stepfather, who had been a Major in the Army and you knew was dead, sexually
abused you from the age of 8 and introduced you to a group of about 20 males, only
naming one, Jimmy Savile, who systematically sexually abused and injured you and,
on occasions, other boys. You could not name other abusers or victims apart from
your friend, Aubrey, which was a lie. Due to the absence of support for your
allegations and the inability to identify any living person responsible for any offence,
in May 2013, the Metropolitan Police were informed that the investigation was closed
as undetected. You pursued the deceit. In October that year you made a claim to the
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority for compensation for damages for
physical, emotional and sexual abuse and torture caused by your stepfather and other
unidentified men, which left you with emotional scars. As a result of the lies
contained in your prolific blogging, you were contacted by a news agency and gave a
recorded interview to media representatives that was broadcast on national television.
In October 2014, you provided to the Metropolitan Police a list of names of
politicians, the highest commanders in the army and the heads of MI5 and MI6 at the
material time who you alleged were members of the group. The police acted on your

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