The decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to bring charges against the wealthy peer and establishment insider Lord Greville Janner in connection with allegations of child abuse has been met with outrage among the general public and police.
Janner, now 86, has been investigated by the police four times in the last 25 years. More than a dozen people came forward to say that they had been abused by the former MP at children’s homes - but once again he’s been let off the hook - with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) citing as the reason the “severity” of Lord Janner’s dementia.
What makes the decision particularly hard to take is that the CPS openly admits that Janner should have been prosecuted following investigations in the past, and that the charges against him were “extremely serious”.
"I think many victims and survivors will be feeling terribly, terribly let down at the moment," was the reaction of Peter Saunders, of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood. Roger Bannister, the Assistant Chief Constable of Leicestershire, who had submitted a “comprehensive file of evidence” to the CPS, said that he was “extremely worried” by the decision and said it was “the wrong one.” He said the police were exploring “possible legal avenues” to challenge the decision.
The CPS says that Janner was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2009 but his condition does seem to have significantly deteriorated since the police reopened an investigation into the historic claims against him in late 2013. Full story...
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Janner, now 86, has been investigated by the police four times in the last 25 years. More than a dozen people came forward to say that they had been abused by the former MP at children’s homes - but once again he’s been let off the hook - with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) citing as the reason the “severity” of Lord Janner’s dementia.
What makes the decision particularly hard to take is that the CPS openly admits that Janner should have been prosecuted following investigations in the past, and that the charges against him were “extremely serious”.
"I think many victims and survivors will be feeling terribly, terribly let down at the moment," was the reaction of Peter Saunders, of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood. Roger Bannister, the Assistant Chief Constable of Leicestershire, who had submitted a “comprehensive file of evidence” to the CPS, said that he was “extremely worried” by the decision and said it was “the wrong one.” He said the police were exploring “possible legal avenues” to challenge the decision.
The CPS says that Janner was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2009 but his condition does seem to have significantly deteriorated since the police reopened an investigation into the historic claims against him in late 2013. Full story...
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