12-07-2014, 11:25 AM
Peer under investigation over sex allegations stops House of Lords appearances - blaming dementia
Official records show he charged for 15 appearances in the month before his home was searched over accusations he sexually assaulted more than 20 boys
A Labour peer under investigation over child sex allegations has stopped his regular appearances in the House of Lords after claiming he has dementia.
Official records show he charged for 15 appearances in the month before his home was searched over accusations he sexually assaulted more than 20 boys.
He attended the House of Lords almost every other day last year but has not returned since mid-December, when police completed the two-day probe.
The peer, who is in his 80s, has not been arrested and it is understood doctors have advised that he is unfit to be quizzed.
But campaigning Labour MP Simon Danczuk said: "I have seen him in Parliament and he looked in quite good health to me.
"I'm not surprised to learn that he's been attending the Lords quite regularly until recently."
One alleged victim said he was seven when the politician visited his care home and abused him.
Detectives have compiled a dossier of complaints against the peer, who was first accused of child abuse more than two decades ago but was not charged.
Top lawyer Jae Carwardine is representing the lord.
She is a partner at Russell-Cooke solicitors, which says on its website: "She has been effective in avoiding prosecution both at the investigative stage pre-charge and pre-trial after careful submissions."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pee...ex-3845293
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