After death of peer accused of offences against nine boys and men,legal expert says trials of the facts often die with the unfit defendantThe death of the former Labour peer Greville Janner nearly certainly means that child sex allegations made against him will never be tested in a criminal court, according to legal experts.
Lord Janner, and who died aged 87 after suffering dementia,was accused of offences against nine boys and men and had been due to face a “trial of the facts” in April, a special criminal hearing for suspects unfit to defend themselves in a normal trial.
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Source: theguardian.com