A man who accused multiple public figures of child sexual abuse is a "committed and manipulative paedophile", a court has heard.
Carl Beech has convictions for voyeurism and making and possessing indecent images of children.
Police discovered the offences after seizing devices from his home while investigating him for alleging abuse by public figures, jurors heard.
Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.
The 51-year-old's allegations, which included a claim that three young boys were murdered by members of a group, led to a £2m Metropolitan Police investigation between 2014-2016 that ended with no further action being taken.
Among those accused were former Conservative prime minister Sir Edward Heath, ex-Tory home secretary Lord Brittan, former head of the armed forces Lord Bramall and former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor.
I remember when this chap was the darling of the CT people on forums, I can't remember his website but it had something to do with cigarettes and went into a lot of detail about child abuse and murder among the rich and famous.
Turns out he's a colossal pervert and a liar, is anyone surprised? The police obviously are.