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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:40 pm 
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Lord Greville Janner will not face child sex abuse trial after Crown Prosecution Service 'mistakes'

CPS admits Lord Janner should have been prosecuted over string of 'extremely serious' claims as police explore possible legal challenge and Labour suspend him

A veteran Labour peer who will not stand trial for historic sex abuse allegations because of the "severity" of his dementia would have been charged with a string of offences against children, it has been confirmed.

The Crown Prosecution Service admitted it made "mistakes" and Lord Janner should have been prosecuted earlier as Labour suspended him from the party.

Leicestershire Police said they are "exploring what possible legal avenues there may be to challenge" the decision by the CPS not to prosecute.

It said allegations against Lord Janner are "extremely serious" and the evidence against him would have warranted a criminal trial.

But the 86-year-old's poor health means prosecutors have decided not to pursue the case in the courts.

In a statement, the CPS said it "considers that the evidential test was passed on the basis that the evidence is sufficient to have warranted charging and prosecuting Lord Janner in relation to the particular charges" relating to nine individuals.

But it added: "The CPS has concluded that Lord Greville Janner should not be prosecuted because of the severity of his dementia which means he is not fit to take part in any proceedings, there is no treatment for his condition, and there is no current or future risk of offending."

The CPS said Lord Janner would have been charged with a string of sex offences against children.

He would have been charged with 14 indecent assaults on a male under 16 between 1969 and 1988; two indecent assaults between 1984 and 1988; four counts of buggery of a male under 16 between 1972 and 1987; and two counts of buggery between 1977 and 1988.

More than a dozen people came forward claiming they were abused by Lord Janner, the CPS said.

The CPS said: "The children and young people in this case were vulnerable and in a situation where they should have been looked after and protected.

"The allegations in this case are thus extremely serious, with a number of alleged victims and allegations of multiple offending over a lengthy period of time.

"The core allegation was that Lord Janner, in a position of authority and trust as the local MP for Leicester West at the time, befriended the manager of a children's care home to allow him access to children in order to allow him to perpetrate serious sexual offences on children."

Greville Janner speaking at a news conference about the fate of gold looted by **** Germany (Reuters)

Some of the allegations surfaced in the early 1990s and three investigations were launched into Lord Janner over the next 20 years.

The CPS admitted it made "mistakes" and Lord Janner should have been prosecuted earlier.

It said: "In relation to the other three previous investigations, the CPS also now considers that the evidential test was passed.

"It follows that the CPS judges that mistakes were made in the decision-making at the time by both the Leicestershire police in 2002 and the CPS in 1991 and 2007.

"Lord Janner should have been prosecuted in relation to those complaints."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... entia.html

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:04 pm 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:58 pm 
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He's had dementia since 2008 - still made it to the Lords though

http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id= ... #divisions

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Its ok - the Labour Party has suspended him -

and his books forwarded by Blair - this is priceless ffs

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Lord Janner can't be prosecuted for child abuse because he now has dementia.

And Jews say 'Never forget the Holocaust' .... Oh! the irony!
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