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Police are hunting the "evil" mother who forced her young children to make claims to social services and in online videos that their father was the leader of a satanic paedophile cult.

Ella Draper is now being investigated by a specialist police team after the 42-year-old, pictured swanning in a cannabis field, tortured her children by making them make the false claims in partnership with her lover Abraham Christie.

The couple, from Hampstead, north west London, made the false claims against various members of the local community - including her former husband and actor Ricky Dearman.

Draper, who is believed to have fled abroad, is wanted for questioning by police over false allegations that continue to be made in online videos and articles, sparking fears of vigilante attacks.

A judge last week branded her claims that her two children's father was leading a 100-strong Satanic paedophile ring based at Christ Church Primary School in Hampstead as "utter nonsense".

She ruled that the youngsters' "fantasy" accounts of abuse stemmed from "relentless emotional and psychological pressure" by Draper and Christie who beat them into concocting stories.

Pictures today emerged of glamorous yoga teacher Draper and Christie, who has a criminal record including violence, dishonesty and drugs offences, cavorting semi-naked in a cannabis field.

Tests on Draper's son and daughter, aged eight and nine, showed they had both ingested cannabis in the months before being into taken care.

Police are also hunting Sabine McNeill, a supporter of Draper, for alleged harassment.

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The names and addresses of teachers, parents and children attending the school have been published online alongside the false allegations, which have been seen by over four million people worldwide.

The claims against "blameless" people included scores of drugged babies being sent by courier services such as TNT and DHL to London from abroad to be sacrificed.

Cult members were said to have drunk their victims' blood and danced around with the babies' skulls.

In video clips, the children falsely accused their father, actor Ricky Dearman, of leading the cult - but later confessed to police that they had been forced to lie.

He told today how his reputation has been left "shattered".

In a damning 22-page judgment, High Court judge Mrs Justice Pauffley ruled that the children had been "tortured" and "brainwashed" by Draper and Christie.

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The judge had been asked to examine the facts in a family court hearing by social services.

But even after last week's judgment, Draper made a video 'witness statement' on March 21, posted online, repeating false claims of "rape, sodomy, murder and cannibalism" against exonerated individuals.

As a result of the judge's findings and the material that continues to be published online, police have launched two investigations.

Met detectives in Camden and Barnet are investigating the alleged harassment of the parents and school pupils.

In a group email to the parents on March 24, police said of Draper and McNeill: "Once found, they will be arrested and questioned."

The Met's Child Abuse Investigation Team based at Barnet is also investigating Draper and Christie.

Mrs Justice Pauffley ruled: "Torture is the most accurate way to describe what was done by Mr Christie in collaboration with Ms Draper.

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"Both children were assaulted by Mr Christie by being hit with a metal spoon on multiple occasions over their head and legs, by being pushed into walls punched, pinched and kicked.

"Water was poured over them as they knelt semi-clothed."

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Following the ruling made by the High Court and comments made by the judge, officers are investigating whether any offences of child abuse have taken place.

"We would advise members of the public not to forward or share material on the internet that they believe is related to this enquiry.

"No arrests have been made at this time.

"Enquiries are ongoing."

Police attempted to arrest Draper on February 12 but were denied entry to her Hampstead home and three people escaped out of a back window.

In her March 21 video, Draper, who is originally from the city of Rostov in southern Russia, says she was "driven out of the UK under threat of kidnap or worse" and accuses Mrs Justice Pauffley of "treason".

Christie, who was recently cautioned by police for assaulting his own adolescent son, briefly appeared outside the Royal Courts of Justice of February 17 but neither of the couple took part in the court case.

Their supporters from across the country continue to target the school and church attached to it with a mob screaming 'paedophiles' at parishioners at morning service on Sunday.

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One mother who had their name, address, contact details and name of their child posted online, said: "This is a living nightmare without end.

"It really does beggar belief and adds insult to injury that even after the detailed court judgment Draper still has the audacity to be fuelling the fire by repeating false allegations against us all.

"There are more and more vigilantes coming on board instead of this dying

down.

"I think the police are frustrated as they would like to see the people who have devastated the lives of so many families brought to book.

"They are doing their best with the resources they have and within the remit of the current laws, which do not yet adequately cover the internet and the situation we find ourselves in.

"We have all had abusive telephone calls and emails accusing us of 'killing babies' and being 'paedophile scum'.

"I was given a panic alarm by the police six or seven weeks ago and am enquiring about a fire-proof letterbox.

"We are having to be very aware of who is hanging around the school and our houses.

"The thing that we are most angry about is that our children's details have been published online.

"The irony is that her children are now safe in care while ours are at risk due to the actions of her and her followers."

The maximum penalty under the Malicious Communications Act 1998 for knowingly making false allegations online is six months.

Draper was in the middle of a battle with the children's father Ricky Dearman over access arrangements when she falsely accused him of sexual abuse, which resulted in him receiving death threats.

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After the judgment, the actor said that his reputation had been "shattered" and called for tougher penalties against those who harass others online.

He complained: "Currently, the criminal law is inadequate and disproportionate to the harm that has been caused.

"The criminal law needs to be extended to include sufficient scope for arresting and dealing with offenders who subject others to the abuse, indignity and humiliation of material such as has been uploaded in this case."

In a statement, the school said: "These events have demonstrated the speed and uncontrolled way in which untrue information about any innocent organisation or group of people can spread on the internet and the shock and damage that malicious information circulated in this way can cause to individuals and families.

"This has been a distressing and difficult time for all of us at Christ Church Primary School.

"All members of the staff team continue to feel deep concern for the children at the centre of this very complex situation and sincerely hope they will go on to have every opportunity and success in the future."