VICTIMS of alleged abuse at the hands of the late Lord Janner were left “devastated” yesterday after his criminal case was dropped decades after they first accused him of child sex abuse.

Greville Janner had been charged with 22 sexual offences dating back to the 1960s against nine alleged victims, most of whom were under 16 at the time.

Yet despite what police described as significant amounts of evidence, prosecutors declined to bring charges against Janner on two occasions, before finally being forced into an embarrassing U-turn last year.