Lord Janner’s family call £24m-a-year Westminster child abuse probe ‘a stain on British justice’ because they don’t have special status – unlike woman accused of being rape fantasist

UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail

January 31, 2018

By Richard Spillett

– Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) started new phase today
– It has begun looking at alleged abuse in schools, churches and children’s homes
– Attention today turned to claims senior figures in Westminster abused children

The son of the late Lord Janner has slammed an inquiry examining allegations of paedophilia in Westminster as a ‘stain on British justice’.

The Independent Inquiry in Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has so far examined alleged abuse in the church, in children’s homes and in private schools.

Today, it began examining claims that MPs and civil servants may have been involved in or turned a blind eye to sex attacks on children.

But the hearing was advised that any issues relating to the late Lord Janner should be referred to the separate strand specifically focusing on the Labour peer.

His family want core participant status in the strand of the inquiry which began today.

They are upset to be denied while that status has been given to Esther Baker, who is accused of making unsubstantiated rape claims against former Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming.

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