He also declined to say whether Alison Saunders, director of public prosecutions, should consider her position, but said that tackling the issue required a joint effort from prosecutors and police.
Date: Jan 27, 2018
Category: World
Source: Google
Lord Janner's 'victims' continue fight for justice following his death aged 87
DPP Alison Saunders says police have enough evidence to charge Janner with 22 offences, but will not do so as he is unfit to stand trial. Police and alleged victims are furious sparking four separate reviews and threats of legal action.
Date: Dec 19, 2015
Category: World
Source: Google
Lord Janner's prosecution has nothing to do with justice
According to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders: The review agreed that although there is sufficient evidence to prosecute, it is right to assume that Greville Janner will inevitably be found unfit to plead and therefore not fit to instruct his legal team and not fit to challenge
"Now that Lord Janner is going to be prosecuted they are delighted but they still take the view that Alison Saunders has been proved wrong and that they have been exposed to unnecessarily long suffering while they awaited the outcome of this review."
Date: Jun 29, 2015
Category: World
Source: Google
British politician charged with historic child abuse
But after intense criticism, director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders announced he has now been charged with offences against nine victims, all but one of them aged 16 or under at the time, relating to alleged incidents between 1963 and 1988.
In the case of Lord Janner, Alison Saunders' decision was not based on the evidence that Lord Janner committed the alleged sexual offences - that was sufficient for there to be a realistic prospect of a conviction - but on the application of the public interest test.
Date: Jun 29, 2015
Category: World
Source: Google
Former British Jewish leader faces criminal action over child sex abuse
In April, Alison Saunders, Britain's Director of Public Prosecutions said there was evidence to bring charges against Janner, who has always denied any wrongdoing, over 16 allegations of indecent assaults and six other counts.
Date: Jun 29, 2015
Category: World
Source: Google
Lord Janner child abuse claims - the key questions
On 16 April this year the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, announced that it would not be in the public interest for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to proceed with a case against Lord Janner, who has Alzheimer's.