Greville Janner

Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone (11 July 1928 – 19 December 2015) was a British politician, barrister and writer.

The Right Honourable The Lord Janner of Braunstone QC
Janner in 2009
Member of the House of Lords
In office 25 October 1997 – 19 December 2015
Member of Parliament for Leicester West
In office 28 February 1974 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Constituency recreated Barnett Janner (1950)
Succeeded by	Patricia Hewitt
Member of Parliament for Leicester North West
In office 18 June 1970 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by	Barnett Janner
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Greville Ewan Janner (1928-07-11)11 July 1928 Cardiff, Wales
Died	19 December 2015(2015-12-19) (aged 87) London, England
Cause of death	Dementia
Resting place	Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour (suspended April 2015)
Spouse(s)	Myra Sheink (m. 1955–1996)
Children	3
Education	St Paul's School, London
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, Cambridge Harvard Law School
Profession	Barrister

He was QC since 1971, he was a Labour MP from 1970 to 1997; and then a member of the House of Lords until he died. He was associated with a number of Jewish organisations including the Board of Deputies of British Jews, of which he was chairman from 1978 to 1984, and he was prominent in the field of education about the Holocaust.

Janner was alleged to have abused vulnerable children from 1955 to 1988.

Janner died on 19 December 2015 in London from Alzheimer's disease, aged 87 and months earlier he had been deemed unfit to stand trial over allegations of 33 years of sexually abusing vulnerable children.