Police showed up with a search warrant at the former home of distinguished ex-Home Secretary Leon Brittan, just weeks after his death from cancer - and officers took away diaries, computers and phones to investigate the baseless accusations of paedophile Carl Beech. His widow, Lady Brittan, tells award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright that the ‘extraordinary’ search warrant given to officers that day raises troubling questions for several senior police officers.

<p>Police showed up with a search warrant at the former home of distinguished ex-Home Secretary Leon Brittan, just weeks after his death from cancer - and officers took away diaries, computers and phones to investigate the baseless accusations of paedophile Carl Beech. His widow, Lady Brittan, tells award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright that the &lsquo;extraordinary&rsquo; search warrant given to officers that day raises troubling questions for several senior police officers.</p>

Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to top detectives, lawyers, victims and relatives to take an in-depth look at crimes that have shocked Britain (and the world), as well as revisiting some of his landmark stories and campaigns. From serial murderers to child killers, ruthless gangsters to corrupt police, psychopaths to paedophiles, celebrity criminals to audacious conmen, he untangles the mysteries and the secrets behind the headlines.

<p>Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to top detectives, lawyers, victims and relatives to take an in-depth look at crimes that have shocked Britain (and the world), as well as revisiting some of his landmark stories and campaigns. From serial murderers to child killers, ruthless gangsters to corrupt police, psychopaths to paedophiles, celebrity criminals to audacious conmen, he untangles the mysteries and the secrets behind the headlines.</p>

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