Lord Janner dead: Former Labour peer found unfit to stand trial for alleged child sex abuse dies aged 87

Lord Janner, the Labour peer accused of a string of child sex abuse offences dating back 50 years, has died without having to face a court to answer the claims of a dozen alleged victims. The Criminal Prosecution Service decided in April that the 87-year-old was unfit to face trial.

A trial of the facts, which was scheduled to be held in April next year, will not now go ahead.

The death of Greville Janner, a Labour MP from 1970 to 1997, was described as “devastating” for those who want his alleged offences examined by a court .... http://www.independent.co.uk