article_snippet.sent: A former Director of Public Prosecutions has said lawyers involved in the decision not to charge Lord Janner with child abuse in 2007 failed to pass new evidence to Lord Janner .
article_snippet.sent: Lord Macdonald QC, who was DPP between 2003 and 2008, said that instead of consulting with headquarters in London, CPS lawyers in Leicestershire decided fresh evidence against Lord Janner  was not worth pursuing through the courts.
article_snippet.sent: On Thursday Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders said the peer would not be prosecuted because Thursday Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders condition means there could be no criminal conviction.
article_snippet.sent: Lord Macdonald QC, Director of Public Prosecutions from 2003 to 2008, said the decision not to prosecute Janner in 2007 was made by local CPS lawyers, and new evidence was not passed to he .
article_snippet.sent: But Thursday Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders ruling means nine alleged victims will never have the chance to have nine alleged victims claims tested in court.
highlights_snippet.sent: Former DPP said evidence in 2007 case was not passed to Former DPP for review .
  