Family’s outrage over sexual abuse inquiry
LORD Janner’s family have expressed their outrage at his “inexplicable inclusion” in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
Ahead of a meeting yesterday with lawyers from the inquiry, his three children said the existence of a strand of the inquiry examining allegations against Lord Janner created an “assumption of guilt”.
Lord Janner’s son Daniel Janner, QC, joined by his two sisters Marion Janner and Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner outside the inquiry’s headquarters in Millbank, central London, said: “We are here to protest.
“We will state our outrage to this inquiry that our late father is the only individual singled out for separate treatment. As long as there is a strand in his name there is an assumption of guilt.
“The inquiry was meant to investigate institutions and not individuals. Our father was entirely innocent of any wrongdoing.”
Lord Janner, who died in December 2015, is alleged to have abused youngsters over a period spanning more than 30 years dating back to the 1950s.
Mr Janner dismissed the accusations as “false” and said they had been made “with the intention of making fraudulent claims for compensation”. He added: “Yet this shambolic and discredited inquiry denies us the right even to cross-examine. That is not justice.”
Thirteen different investigative strands spanning several decades and examining a host of different institutions are being pursued by the inquiry.