Priti Patel refused to back under-pressure Met Police chief Cressica Dick today as the UK s top cop faced pressure over a botched probe into a VIP paedophile ring.
In a radio phone-in the Home Secretary was asked to back the commissioner over the Operation Midland investigation into senior politicians including Leon Brittan.
The former home secretary was one of the men falsely accused by now convicted fantasist Carl Beech - then known as Nick - and died in January 2015 without knowing there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him.
The Met chief is facing calls to quit after Lady Brittan used a Daily Mail interview to attack a culture of cover-up at the force.
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