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Twelve former residents of children's homes say they were abused by Lord Janner, a BBC investigation has found, as criminal proceedings end.
The peer, who died before a court could examine claims of child abuse against him, regularly visited homes in Leicester in the 1970s and 1980s.
An ex-police officer says he reported suspicions about Lord Janner, a decade before police began a full inquiry.
Lord Janner, who had dementia and died aged 87 in December, had denied abuse.
A "trial of the facts", due to take place in April, has now been shelved by prosecutors.
A jury would have been asked to decide - without reaching a decision about whether he was guilty - if 22 alleged incidents of abuse from the 1960s to the 1980s had taken place.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35304528
It's a great pity all this has taken so long and that he was able to avoid proper legal scrutiny. I dare say there are quite a few powerful people who'll be breathing a sigh of relief for one reason or another and the longer this drags on the more of them will avoid their day in court. Maybe that's the "establishment's" desired outcome...
