Ken Macdonald says criminal proceedings against former Labour peer,who died on Saturday, were never ntended to require presence of defendantThe “trial of the facts” in relation to the child abuse claims against Greville Janner could still go ahead despite the peer’s death at the weekend, and a former director of public prosecutions has said.
Ken Macdonald,who was DPP for five years until 2008, said that while he personally is opposed to the trial continuing, or the decision was “fairly finely balanced” and that there was a credible case for it to take station.
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Source: theguardian.com