of sexually abusing children. you thought it was black and white, didn t you? you haven t a clue, have you? i haven t a clue! one of the first was mark, who, in 1991, told police lord janner had assaulted him as a child. it was like being embarrassed, feeling dirty, and it s something you wanted to keep private. the scars, you can t get rid of, you know, knowing that if it had gone to court, you would have had yourjustice. there were two key moments which prevented that, according to the report. in 2,000, police didn t pass the statements of mark and another man to prosecutors. that was serious and inexcusable , the inquiry found. in 2006, a prosecutor decided not to push ahead with the investigation, a decision which was unsound and strategically flawed . this is very recent history. it s not 50, 60 years ago. it would never be acceptable, but we re talking about
no trial, and alleged victims abandoned attempts to sue in the civil courts. lord janner and his family had no opportunity to mount a defence. his son daniel said the report. but leicestershire police directed its response at the alleged victims. i d like to start off with an apology to the victims involved in this case and also to commend their bravery, their bravery for coming forward. and we should ve secured the charges against lord janner far earlier than we did. lord janner always denied the allegations, but because attempts to get to the bottom of them were shut down , in this inquiry s words, the truth can never now be established beyond doubt. tom symonds, bbc news, at the child abuse inquiry. michael gove had to be escorted by police in westminster this afternoon, after anti lockdown demonstrators attempted to surround him in the street.
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a public inquiry has found multiple failures by police, prosecutors and council officials resulted in child abuse allegations against the late labour peer lord janner not being properly investigated. lord janner died in 2015, facing criminal charges relating to nine people who had been in children s homes that spanned back three decades. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. greville later lord janner, mp for leicester, well known, a keen magician, a man who was repeatedly accused of sexually abusing children. you thought it was black and white, didn t you? you haven t a clue, have you? i haven t a clue! one of the first was mark, who, in 1991, told police lord janner had assaulted him as a child. it was like being embarrassed, feeling dirty, and it s something you wanted to keep private. the scars, you can t get rid of, you know, knowing that
if it had gone to court, you would have had yourjustice. there were two key moments which prevented that, according to the report. in 2000, police didn t pass the statements of mark and another man to prosecutors. that was serious and inexcusable , the inquiry found. in 2006, a prosecutor decided not to push ahead with the investigation, a decision which was unsound and strategically flawed . this is very recent history. it s not 50, 60 years ago. it would never be acceptable, but we re talking about - investigations that failed i to properly pursue multiple allegations of child sexual abuse, . on the basis that they were children in care and wouldn t be taken seriously. i lord janner wasn t arrested, he remained an mp, and he wasn t charged for nearly a decade by which point, he was too ill to stand trial. he died shortly afterwards. justice wasn t done. not for the accusers or the accused.