Suspected paedophile Lord Janner wrote to Michael Jackson congratulating him on being cleared of child sex charges, it emerged yesterday. The Labour peer, who has avoided prosecution over 22 child abuse allegations, sent the letter shortly after the singer was cleared by an American jury of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor. Using personalised House of Lords paper, he wrote: ‘I was so very pleased at the news of your acquittal. What a terrible time you have endured.’ The pair met in June 2002 when Janner gave Jackson – accompanied by spoon-bender Uri Geller and US illusionist David Blaine – a tour of the Houses of Parliament.Letter, dated July 12, 2005, was written after Jackson was cleared by jurySaid 'What a terrible time you have endured' and was 'pleased' by acquittalNote was given to Jackson's friend Mark Lester who forgot to pass it onHe said it was as if Janner was saying 'Well done, you got away with it'
Months after his visit, American police and prosecutors opened a second child sex inquiry against _ only for him to be cleared following a high-profile trial.