British politician to stand in the dock over child sex abuse
In the UK, Labour peer Greville Ewan Janner is set to stand trial over alleged child sex abuses.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced the decision which overturns a previous ruling that exempted the 89-year-old peer from criminal proceedings due to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, RT reported on Monday.
The CPS said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DDP) Alison Saunders would pursue “criminal proceedings against Greville Janner for child sex offences.”
The decision to reverse Janner’s immunity came through the “recently introduced” Victim’s Right to Review scheme “which allows victims to have their cases looked at again, no matter who in the CPS made the original decision not to prosecute,” the report added.
Janner is expected to stand trial on August 7 at Westminster Magistrate’s Court.
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