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| Lord Janner abuse inquiry 'grotesque and Kafkaesque' | Lord Janner abuse inquiry 'grotesque and Kafkaesque' |
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| The daughter of the late Labour MP and peer Lord Janner has called an upcoming inquiry into child abuse allegations against him "grotesque and Kafkaesque". | The daughter of the late Labour MP and peer Lord Janner has called an upcoming inquiry into child abuse allegations against him "grotesque and Kafkaesque". |
| Speaking to BBC Newsnight in her first interview on the subject, Marion Janner said it amounted to accusations against "a corpse". | Speaking to BBC Newsnight in her first interview on the subject, Marion Janner said it amounted to accusations against "a corpse". |
| In December 2015, shortly before his death, Lord Janner was ruled unfit to stand trial because of dementia. | In December 2015, shortly before his death, Lord Janner was ruled unfit to stand trial because of dementia. |
| The Goddard inquiry is due to hold public hearings into the allegations. | The Goddard inquiry is due to hold public hearings into the allegations. |
| The allegations against Lord Janner are set to be examined by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, led by Justice Goddard, in March. | |
| The family has always denied the allegations. | The family has always denied the allegations. |
| 'Cannot be just' | 'Cannot be just' |
| "It's an outrage. It's an absolute outrage," Marion Janner told Newsnight. | "It's an outrage. It's an absolute outrage," Marion Janner told Newsnight. |
| "Now Dad is dead. There's not the possibility of the other side of the story being heard. It's the people making the accusations word against a corpse, which doesn't work. It cannot be just," she said. | "Now Dad is dead. There's not the possibility of the other side of the story being heard. It's the people making the accusations word against a corpse, which doesn't work. It cannot be just," she said. |
| "The other 12 strands are all institutions - big institutions... If they had decided to look at individuals, they could have chosen someone who was alive and convicted - instead they have chosen someone who is dead and not convicted." | "The other 12 strands are all institutions - big institutions... If they had decided to look at individuals, they could have chosen someone who was alive and convicted - instead they have chosen someone who is dead and not convicted." |
| Who was Lord Janner? | Who was Lord Janner? |
| Thirty-three complainants in the Janner case have now been given core participant status in the inquiry, meaning they have the right to make statements, see documents and seek permission to ask questions. | Thirty-three complainants in the Janner case have now been given core participant status in the inquiry, meaning they have the right to make statements, see documents and seek permission to ask questions. |
| The offences are alleged to have taken place in children's homes and hotels between 1955 and 1988. | The offences are alleged to have taken place in children's homes and hotels between 1955 and 1988. |
| The peer had been on a leave of absence from the House of Lords since October 2014. He died in December 2015. | The peer had been on a leave of absence from the House of Lords since October 2014. He died in December 2015. |
| Lawyers for the alleged victims say their clients have been waiting years for justice. | Lawyers for the alleged victims say their clients have been waiting years for justice. |
| 'News blackout' | 'News blackout' |
| Marion Janner says the family has evidence Lord Janner could not have committed the crimes he is accused of, which will emerge during civil cases against him. | Marion Janner says the family has evidence Lord Janner could not have committed the crimes he is accused of, which will emerge during civil cases against him. |
| She says the family is particularly unhappy that witnesses in the Goddard inquiry will not be cross examined. | She says the family is particularly unhappy that witnesses in the Goddard inquiry will not be cross examined. |
| "The pendulum has swung so far that people making accusations are automatically believed over this most serious of crimes... We're in the current situation that people can make any accusations and be automatically believed... It's just bonkers." | "The pendulum has swung so far that people making accusations are automatically believed over this most serious of crimes... We're in the current situation that people can make any accusations and be automatically believed... It's just bonkers." |
| Mrs Janer said her father's relationship with one of the complainants was "not strange for somebody of Dad's generation". | Mrs Janer said her father's relationship with one of the complainants was "not strange for somebody of Dad's generation". |
| "Dad was fired up with the sense of social justice... He was just really committed to helping people whose lives were so much harder. And because we have such a loving family, I think Dad really felt for people who didn't have a family at all, and were stuck in a children's home." | "Dad was fired up with the sense of social justice... He was just really committed to helping people whose lives were so much harder. And because we have such a loving family, I think Dad really felt for people who didn't have a family at all, and were stuck in a children's home." |
| At the end of his life, Mrs Janner says her father was "completely unaware" of the allegations against him "because he didn't have the cognitive understanding to grasp what was going on". | At the end of his life, Mrs Janner says her father was "completely unaware" of the allegations against him "because he didn't have the cognitive understanding to grasp what was going on". |
| "We had a news blackout in the house - as much for my sanity as his. But he just would have been completely bewildered of pictures of him keep popping up on the television" | "We had a news blackout in the house - as much for my sanity as his. But he just would have been completely bewildered of pictures of him keep popping up on the television" |
| "He had absolutely no idea - which was one of the blessings of his dementia." | "He had absolutely no idea - which was one of the blessings of his dementia." |
| Watch Evan Davis' full interview with Marion Janner on Newsnight at 22:30 BST on BBC Two - or catch up afterwards on iPlayer | Watch Evan Davis' full interview with Marion Janner on Newsnight at 22:30 BST on BBC Two - or catch up afterwards on iPlayer |