text: A father falsely accused of abusing his own children and drinking the blood of babies wept today as he described his 'horrific' ordeal. Actor Ricky Dearman said his reputation was shattered after being branded the leader of a London satanic cult who trafficked of children into the UK to be tortured and killed on video. Scotland Yard investigated the 'baseless' claims but found they had been made by his children after they were tortured by their mother and her partner, who attacked them and fed them drugs. Police are now hunting for Ella Draper and Abraham Christie, who may have fled abroad, and Mr Dearman now hopes to win custody of his children, who are eight and nine and currently in care. Scroll down for video . Heartbroken: Ricky Dearman sobbed today as he revealed he was falsely branded the leader of a London satanic cult who masterminded the trafficking of children into the UK to be tortured and killed on video . Missing: A specialist police child abuse team is investigating Ella Draper (pictured left) and her partner Abraham Christie (right) after they forced her two children to lie about sexual abuse and ritual torture . Mr Dearman, who has appeared in films including the Hitman and on the stage, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire TV show: 'They'd said we were killing babies, I was shipping them in, we would cut the babies' throats and drain their blood and then would drink the blood. It's just horrific upon horrific detail. Draper was in the middle of a battle with the children's father Ricky Dearman (pictured) over access arrangements when she accused him . 'Having to go and watch these videos when your own children say these things about you, imagine what the children must have had to do in their own psyche, their own minds, to eventually give up to beatings and stuff to say this stuff. 'I get death threats. Today, yesterday, still. Comments, 'paedo', whatever. I understand, I get it. What we have is a 77-page judgement totally clearing me 100 per cent.' It had been claimed that their father, who had separated from their mother, was the head of a cult which abused and sacrificed babies, slitting their throats and drinking their blood. More than 100 people, including a school head, a teacher, a priest, social workers and police, were said to have been part of the cult which had been 'doing sex' to the children. Rumours of the cult, said to be operating in north London, were posted online as part of an internet campaign which the judge said was likely to have 'devastating consequences' for the children. They were subjected to various forms of assault including being punched, pinched and kicked in order to get them to tell the made-up stories. Mrs Justice Pauffley said at a public hearing last month in the High Court's Family Division that the children, aged eight and nine, had suffered "incalculable" harm after their mother and her partner forced them to "provide concocted accounts of horrific events". She said: 'Torture is the most accurate way to describe what was done by Mr Christie in collaboration with Ms Draper. '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.' More than four million people around the world have viewed the online material and police were forced to protect worried parents at the gates of Christchurch Primary School where the ‘main action’ was alleged to have happened, the court heard. Tests on Ella Draper's (pictured) children showed they had ingested cannabis in the months before being taken into care . The ‘grotesque’ claims against ‘blameless’ people included drugged babies being sent from abroad by courier services such as TNT and DHL to London and then sacrificed. The pair claimed cult members drank their victims’ blood and danced around with the babies’ skulls. At least seven schools were named, a swimming pool identified as a meeting place and ‘rituals’ were alleged to have been performed at a McDonald’s fast food restaurant. The children’s father, Mr Dearman, whose three-year relationship with Draper ended acrimoniously in 2007, was falsely said to be the leader of the cult, and teachers, police and even a priest to be among its more than 100 members. The judge said: ‘Many of those individuals are now living in fear because they have been identified on the internet as abusers of children and their contact details including telephone numbers, home and email addresses have been published. ‘Several of those implicated have received malicious, intimidating phone calls and emails at all hours of the day and night from all over the world. For example – “We’re coming for you. You paedo scum”.’
target: Ricky Dearman was branded cult leader in bitter battle over his children .
  He said: 'They'd said we were killing babies, I was shipping them in, we would cut the babies' throats and then would drink the blood. It's horrific'
  Judge found mother forced children to lie about sexual abuse and torture .
  Ella Draper and Abraham Christie wanted by police but have fled abroad .