Janner child abuse claims: Leicestershire police guilty of failing to investigate – report

Independent inquiry into child sexual abuse criticised culture of disbelief' at Leicestershire police

Leicestershire police was guilty of a serious and inexcusable failure" to properly investigate allegations of child sexual abuse against the late Labour peer, Lord Greville Janner, according to a damning report.

The investigation, by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA), into the handling of allegations against Janner found that a failure by police to submit statements by two anonymised witnesses in 2002 to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) may have been the result of complacency, incompetence or undue deference to a prominent public figure". It criticises a culture of disbelief" at Leicestershire police at the time.