A former top cop has revealed he still has no idea why he was blocked from probing the kidnap of a Dubai princess 20 years ago.
In an exclusive interview, retired Detective Chief Inspector David Beck – who led the team investigating the abduction of Princess Shamsa – said Britain had lost its “moral compass” over the unsolved mystery.
Mr Beck questioned if ‘other motives’ meant the case remains unsolved. And he likened the scandal to the attempted poisoning of Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury and the murder of exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Mr Beck’s highly unusual intervention comes days after a BBC Panorama programme showing disturbing footage of Shasma’s missing sister Latifa was broadcast.
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