Decision not to prosecute Hampstead peer Lord Janner is ‘wholly perverse’, says police chief

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vice-president of the World Jewish Congress

The head of Leicestershire Police has described the decision not to prosecute suspected child sex abuser Lord Greville Janner as “wholly perverse”.

Sir Clive Loader, Leicestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, said his officers had carried out a two-year investigation, involving a search of Lord Janner’s home in West Heath Road, Hampstead, to bring an “overwhelming case” against the Labour peer.

The 86-year-old has been accused of abusing children in Leicestershire children’s homes in the 1970s and ‘80s.

Today, the Crown Prosecution Service announced it would not be prosecuting the 86-year-old in relation to accusations he abused children in Leicestershire children’s homes in the 1970s and ‘80s because he is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Sir Clive said: “This decision is not just wrong – it is wholly perverse and is contrary to any notion of natural justice. I cannot believe that any right-minded person will understand or support it.

“Leicestershire Police built what the DPP herself accepts is a case firmly indicating multiple, very serious offences involving a number of victims over a lengthy period of time.

“It therefore beggars belief that, despite that evidence, she does not believe it on balance to be in the interest of the victims, or of wider society, that this man faces justice.”  (more...)

Decision not to prosecute Hampstead peer Lord Janner is ‘wholly perverse’, says police chief

Background:

Three chances to prosecute Labour peer Lord Janner for child abuse were missed: CPS admits mistakes were made but now it is too late because he has dementia