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Lord Janner to be prosecuted over sex abuse charges

June 29, 2015 12:18
Lord Janner

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Lord Janner will be prosecuted for historical sex abuse against children, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed today.

The CPS’s decision comes after a review by independent QC David Perry who recommended that a trial would be in the public interest.

It overturns a ruling in April by Alison Saunders, the director of public prosecutions, that Lord Janner was not fit to stand trial because he suffered from a severe form of dementia.

She made the ruling while acknowledging that there was sufficient evidence to charge the 86-year-old over allegations of offences dating from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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