article_snippet.sent: Police began investigating Lord Janner, pictured, after allegations of historic child-sex abuse were made but now he is too ill to be put on trial .
article_snippet.sent: overruled the advice of two of the country's most senior barristers to allow Lord Janner to avoid a trial.
article_snippet.sent: But Mrs Saunders decided it was not in the public interest to put Lord Janner in the dock due to Mrs Saunders Alzheimer's disease.
article_snippet.sent: Even earlier this month, on April 9, Lord Janner was fit enough to sign a letter saying Lord Janner wanted to remain in the House of Lords.
article_snippet.sent: A week later, the Crown Prosecution Service announced Lord Janner would not be tried over child sex allegations because Lord Janner was suffering so much from Alzheimer's that Lord Janner could not even understand any charges against Lord Janner, let alone answer any charges against him.
article_snippet.sent: This was despite the fact the CPS ruled there was enough evidence to charge Lord Janner with 22 sexual offences against children dating from 1969 to 1988.
article_snippet.sent: Dementia sufferer Lord Janner signed a letter on April 9, just a week after Dementia sufferer Lord Janner was deemed unfit to stand trial.
article_snippet.sent: Dementia sufferer Lord Janner signature has been redacted for privacy reasons .
article_snippet.sent: Lord Carlile, a Lib Dem peer and legal expert, said although there was strong evidence Dementia sufferer Lord Janner had dementia, the decision not to proceed with legal action should be reconsidered.
highlights_snippet.sent: Alison Saunders was persuaded against taking a case by the Labour peer's dementia .
  