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Lord Janner trial date on historical child sex abuse charges set for February

September 1, 2015 16:10
Lord Janner pictured outside Westminster Magistrates Court in August (Picture: Twitter/@czarkaztik)

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

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Lord Janner could face trial on a series of historical child sex abuse charges in 2016.

At an Old Bailey hearing this afternoon a judge scheduled the case for February next year.

But the elderly peer’s lawyers are expected to argue that he is not well enough to be questioned about the allegations at a “fitness to plead hearing” in December.

The 87-year-old suffers from severe dementia. He did not attend today’s session at the Old Bailey.

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