DPP legal adviser’s ‘link to Lord Janner’s son’: Barrister who spoke with top prosecutor over whether to prosecute peer works at the same chambers

‘The legal adviser to Alison Saunders was a barrister in the same chambers as the son of Lord Janner, it emerged last night.

The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that the Director of Public Prosecutions consulted Neil Moore – a barrister at 23 Essex Street where Daniel Janner worked – over whether to prosecute Lord Janner, The Times reported.

And senior police officers probing allegations of child abuse offences against the Labour peer have reportedly raised concerns about Mr Moore’s involvement in the decision to not proceed with his trial.
Last night a CPS spokesman said Mrs Saunders made the decision not to prosecute on her own, and that Mr Moore told her he had been in chambers with Lord Janner’s son before discussing the case.’

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