article_snippet.sent: Lord Janner escaped justice after the UK’s top prosecutor over-ruled the advice of two of the country’s most senior QCs, it emerged last night.
article_snippet.sent: Police began investigating Lord Janner, pictured, after allegations of historic child-sex abuse werer made .
article_snippet.sent: But Mrs Saunders decided that it was not in the public interest to put Lord Janner in the dock due to Mrs Saunders advanced Alzheimer’s, sparking a storm of controversy.
article_snippet.sent: Campaigners, MPs and victims believe a ‘trial of the facts’ could have satisfied the need to get the bottom of the appalling claims against Lord Janner whatever Lord Janner mental state.
article_snippet.sent: Clare Montgomery QC, right and Eleanor Laws QC, left, both recommended Janner should face trial .
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile Lord Carlile, a Lib Dem peer and leading legal expert, said that although there was strong evidence that Lord Janner was suffering from dementia, the decision not to proceed with legal action should be reconsidered.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Saunders announced last week that there was enough evidence to charge Janner with 22 crimes against nine victims but said it was not in the public interest to do so.
article_snippet.sent: Mayor of London Boris Johson, pictured, has expressed concern over the failure to charge Lord Janner .
article_snippet.sent: Senior lawyers feared Lord Janner’s legal team, closely advised by his QC son Daniel, would try and block the case with a High Court challenge focusing on his ill health.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Saunders concluded that there was enough evidence to prosecute but Janner’s ill health prevented any criminal proceedings.