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British politician with Alzheimer's must face court over alleged child abuse
http://www.dw.com/en/british-politician-with-alzheimers-must-face-court-over-alleged-child-abuse/a-18635315Amid 22 alleged child abuse offences, a judge says Lord Greville Janner must attend a court hearing, despite having Alzheimer's disease. His lawyers say the condition is too advanced for him to stand trial.
British politician with Alzheimer's must face court over alleged child abuse
07.08.2015
An 87-year-old British politician with dementia has been ordered to appear in court in person to face a string of child sex abuse charges.
Before now, Lord Greville Janner's lawyers claimed he was too ill to attend Friday's hearing and any future trial, which was set to hear allegations of 22 offenses against nine victims.
But the court's Chief Magistrate decided that he should attend the formal hearing, ignoring the advice of two dementia experts, who both described the severity of the politician's neurological disease.
One explained how Janner would not even understand he was in court.