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FORMER Labour peer Lord Janner was ordered to appear in court in person yesterday on child sex charges.
Lord Janner, who suffers from severe dementia, did not attend Westminster magistrates’ court for an initial hearing, with his lawyers saying he was too ill to come and may suffer a “catastrophic reaction” if he did.
But chief magistrate Howard Riddle ruled that Mr Janner, who faces 22 charges spanning a period from the 1960s to the ’80s, did not have to understand or play a part in the initial hearing but was required by law to attend court.
Tony Benn’s constituents chose him by an overwhelming majority — but because he had inherited a peerage, parliamentary rules declared their choice invalid, writes MAT COWARD
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
