Janner lawsuit collapses as abuse claims are dropped

 The case against the late Lord Janner has collapsed after six victims who were alleging child abuse withdrew their legal claims.

The Labour politician’s family has said the move effectively clears their father’s name and claimed he had been subject to an “appalling injustice”.

This latest development means nine claimants in the High Court action against Lord Janner’s £2million estate have now pulled out.

His family had made clear they would have subjected all claimants to intense cross-examination in court.

Four of the six men were also due to give evidence in the criminal proceedings against Lord Janner, which began before his death from Alzheimer’s aged 87 in December 2015. He had been facing 22 charges.

Doubts had been growing around many of the allegations, including a claim that the peer had abused an alleged victim over a three-day period in 1987 when his passport shows he was in Australia.