He came to national prominence in 2017 when Wiltshire Police presented the findings of its investigation into alleged sexual abuse by former prime minister Edward Heath.
[2] Angus Macpherson, the Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner, decided not to renew Veale's contract which had been due to expire in June 2018.
Subsequently, Cleveland PCC Steve Turner barred Veale from future police work, saying he would have been dismissed if still a serving officer.
[14] On 10 October 2017, former MP Harvey Proctor who had previously been falsely accused of sexual abuse by Beech, criticised Veale for allegedly "trashing" his reputation a second time by reviving claims of an establishment paedophile ring.
[15] On 11 October 2017, Lord Finkelstein stated in an article headed "This disgraceful chief constable must quit" in The Times newspaper that "the investigation of Heath was naive and disproportionate" and that Veale "should go" for "the attempt to win a public relations battle using the moral authority of the police".
The IOPC had found that Veale had a case to answer for "alleged misconduct for providing and maintaining an inaccurate account of how damage to his work mobile phone was caused".