Beech went on trial for 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one count of fraud in May 2019. He was convicted on all charges, and was sentenced to 18 years in prison in July 2019. The court was told that "immeasurable distress" had been caused to those falsely accused as well as "obvious reputational damage". Bramall said of the ordeal: "I can honestly say however I was never as badly wounded in all my time in the military as I have been by the allegations made by that formed the basis of Operation Midland."