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FORMER Labour peer Lord Greville Janner finally appeared in court yesterday afternoon to face child abuse charges after judges warned he could face arrest if he didn’t attend.
His lawyer Paul Ozin had argued that he should be allowed to appear via video link at Westminster magistrates’ court.
But District Judge Emma Arbuthnot expressed impatience with the lengthy legal wrangling over the issue. She said: “Even if I have to have him arrested I am going to resolve this matter today.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
