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Lord McAlpine 'to take legal action' over abuse claims
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20266118
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Lord McAlpine has "no choice" but to take legal action over claims of abuse at a north Wales children's home, the Conservative peer's solicitor has said.
Andrew Reid said claims linking the peer to alleged historical child abuse were "false and seriously defamatory".
The solicitor was critical of the BBC's Newsnight, on which claims were made although no-one was named.
The BBC has said an abuse victim had serious allegations to make and deserved to be heard on Newsnight.
Asked by BBC Radio 4's PM programme if Lord McAlpine would take legal action, Mr Reid said: "Sadly he has no choice.
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