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| Met Police ends Kids Company abuse inquiry | Met Police ends Kids Company abuse inquiry |
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| A Metropolitan Police investigation into allegations of abuse at UK charity Kids Company has been closed after it found no evidence of criminality. | |
| Officers carried out "extensive inquiries" into claims of physical and sexual abuse at the now closed south London-based charity, but found no evidence to reach the threshold for criminal prosecution, a statement said. | |
| No-one was interviewed under caution or arrested during the inquiry, it said. | |
| Kids Company always denied the claims. | |
| The children's charity, which was founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh in 1996, and had centres in London, Liverpool and Bristol, closed in August after questions over its management and finances. | |
| Ms Batmanghelidjh said she "burst into tears" when police told her about their investigation. | |
| "That's the reason the charity closed. We had money confirmed. But the philanthropists said they couldn't support us when we were informed there were allegations," she said. |