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"As the former deputy chief constable recently confirmed, nobody had mentioned Janner’s name to the police or social services until Beck shouted it out in court. Beck later died in prison."

Well, he's seriously mistaken, and I'm surprised you don't know that, Mr Rozenberg. The police had been made aware of the allegations about Janner more than year before Beck's trial even began:

From the Henriques report:


"2.2 The first information to reach the Leicestershire police potentially implicating Janner was on the 11th May 1990, when investigations were being made into grave sexual allegations made against one Frank Beck (Beck) and others involved in the management of Children’s Homes in Leicester. A female resident at Ratcliffe Road Children’s Home (Ratcliffe Road) made a statement complaining of rape by Beck and went on to speak of Beck calling Complainant 1 a whore. She stated that Complainant 1 used to write and visit the MP Greville Janner and that Complainant 1 wanted Janner to visit him but that Beck would not allow it and they would argue about it. Complainant 1 was telling Beck about having sex with Janner." [p.5]


"Female Resident at Ratcliffe Road

2.21 On the 1st February 1991, a female resident at Ratcliffe Road made a further statement. She was taken into care aged 11 when her mother could not cope with her. In 1975 she was placed in Ratcliffe Road Children’s Home where Beck was in charge. Not long after Complainant 1’s arrival, she heard Beck shouting at Complainant 1 in Complainant 1’s bedroom, which was adjacent to hers. Complainant 1 was being told that he could not see Janner again. Beck referred to Janner as Complainant 1’s pimp. Complainant 1 was pleading with Beck to allow him to see Janner. In a subsequent discussion Complainant 1 confided in her that he had been “having sex with Greville Janner who was an MP.” She did not then know what MP meant." [p.9]