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Lord Janner: Criminal proceedings over abuse claims end Lord Janner: Criminal proceedings over abuse claims end
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Criminal proceedings against peer Lord Janner over sex abuse charges have ended because of his death, a judge at the Old Bailey has said. Criminal proceedings against late Labour peer Lord Janner over sex abuse charges have ended because of his death, an Old Bailey judge has said.
The former Labour peer had been accused of 22 counts of sex offences against boys dating back to the 1960s - allegations his family denied. The peer had been accused of 22 counts of sex offences against boys, over a 20-year period from the 1960s - allegations his family denied.
A jury was to be asked to decide - without deciding whether he was guilty - if the incidents had taken place. A jury was to be asked to decide - without resolving whether he was guilty - if the incidents had taken place.
Lord Janner had been suffering from dementia and died in December aged 87. A lawyer representing some of the victims said they were "devastated".
Lord Janner, who suffered from dementia, died in December aged 87.
A trial of the facts had been due to be held in April 2016 - however, prosecutor Richard Whittam QC said on Friday that the law provided no circumstances whereby a dead defendant could face a trial, even a trial of the facts.
BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds says it is expected that Lord Janner's case will now be considered by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse led by Justice Lowell Goddard.
The allegations centred on claims that Lord Janner, when he was MP for Leicester West, befriended the manager of a children's care home to allow him access to children and carry out serious sexual offences.
Following the news that the case has ended, Leicestershire Police said an investigation into allegations not just against Lord Janner but against other individuals is "live and will continue".