Dementia peer who’s ‘too ill for sex abuse trial’ signed letter to Lords 12 days ago saying he wanted to remain as a peer

Dementia peer who’s ‘too ill for sex abuse trial’ signed letter to Lords 12 days ago saying he wanted to remain as a peer

‘Lord Janner signed a letter saying he wanted to remain a peer just a week before he was ruled unfit to face child sex charges.
Abuse campaigners last night angrily questioned why the suspected paedophile was able to remain in the House of Lords if he was too frail to be brought before court.
The Crown Prosecution Service has faced widespread criticism since announcing last week that Janner would escape prosecution over child sex allegations because he has Alzheimer’s disease.
But now it has emerged that the peer was apparently well enough to sign his name in an April 9 note to Lords authorities.’
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