{"id":104548,"date":"2014-09-25T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T18:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=104548"},"modified":"2023-06-05T18:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T18:57:18","slug":"child-sex-inquiry-into-mp-blocked-by-senior-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=104548","title":{"rendered":"Child sex inquiry into MP \u2018blocked by senior police\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction — Sept 25, 2014<\/h1>\n

Lord Greville Janner has very obviously being protected. Despite numerous allegations of child abuse, which go back decades, Lord Janner has repeatedly evaded prosecution. A former president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, a leading Labour Party MP and a Lord, Janner has evaded prosecution despite there being “credible evidence” against him.<\/h5>\n
According to chief constable of Derbyshire, Mick Creedon, who had been a detective sergeant investigating accusations against Janner in 1989, he had been ordered not to arrest Janner or search his home or offices.<\/h5>\n
Among the allegations made against Janner were claims that he had repeatedly raped vulnerable boys in care<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/h5>\n
However as investigations into allegations of historical sex abuse gather pace, Lord Janner may still have the last laugh.<\/h5>\n
Despite renewed investigation into cases of alleged abuse going back decades, Lord Janner looks likely to evade serious scrutiny again. This time though it won’t be friends in high places who will be protecting him but his “poor health” and alleged “dementia”.<\/h5>\n

Child sex inquiry into MP \u2018blocked by senior police\u2019<\/h2>\n

Sean O’Neil — The Times via The Needle Sept 25, 2014<\/h3>\n
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1991 newspaper report on Frank Beck’s trial. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

An investigation into child abuse allegations against a prominent politician 25 years ago was blocked, one of the country\u2019s most senior police officers has revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mick Creedon, chief constable of Derbyshire, told The Times that he was a detective sergeant in 1989 when he was ordered to limit his inquiries into Greville Janner, a leading Labour backbench MP. Mr Creedon said there was \u201ccredible evidence\u201d against the MP, now Lord Janner of Braunstone, QC, that warranted further investigation, but he was given orders forbidding an arrest or a search of his home or offices.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision was a clear one \u2014 he will be interviewed by appointment and there won\u2019t be a search of his home address or his constituency office or his office in the House of Commons,\u201d Mr Creedon said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The order was \u201cconveyed\u201d by a superintendent but Mr Creedon believes it came from chief officers. He added: \u201cIt was a decision made by people more senior than me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The allegations against Lord Janner, 86, who was a senior Labour backbencher and president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, surfaced during the police investigation into Frank Beck, the manager of Leicester children\u2019s homes who died in jail after being convicted of abusing boys in his care.<\/span><\/p>\n

A former resident of one home alleged that he had had a two-year sexual relationship with the MP when he was a teenager in the 1970s. The alleged victim later aired the allegations in public when he gave evidence at Beck\u2019s trial in 1991.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Mr Creedon said there were concerns about the credibility of the evidence against Lord Janner, notably that the key witness was in thrall to Beck despite being the victim of abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

The alleged victim also gave evidence for Beck. None of the other hundreds of residents interviewed made any allegations against the MP.<\/span><\/p>\n

The witness had produced affectionate letters that were allegedly from the MP, some on House of Commons notepaper, and provided a detailed description of the inside of the MP\u2019s Hampstead home. Mr Creedon said: \u201cI look at this now, as a chief constable, as a senior investigating officer, in the light of many inquiries before and since \u2014 and one of the lines of inquiry could have been to search the house.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy view has always been that the allegations were very serious, there was enough evidence to put a file before the CPS [Crown Prosecution Service], and as investigating officers our job was to search out as much evidence as possible to prove or disprove the offence. My interpretation of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act would be that under the circumstances it would have been justified to search the house [and] offices.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said he did not know who made the decision to limit the investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 1989-91 inquiry was limited to an interview at Leicestershire police headquarters during which Lord Janner gave \u201cno comment\u201d answers.<\/span><\/p>\n

A file was sent to the CPS, which decided there was insufficient evidence to bring charges.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the allegations became public during Beck\u2019s trial in 1991, the jury was told they were a \u201cred herring\u201d and not relevant to the case. Lord Janner later said there was \u201cnot a shred of truth\u201d in the allegations against him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those allegations are central to a new police investigation into Lord Janner and others, called Operation Enamel, which has led to warrants being obtained to search the peer\u2019s home in north London and his office in the House of Lords.<\/span><\/p>\n

The peer, who is in poor health, has never been arrested and has not been interviewed by detectives from the new investigation. His lawyers did not respond to requests for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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