Operation Magnolia
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 27.09.1999 | Leicestershire Police receives a letter alleging physical and sexual abuse in two children’s homes. Inquiry commences. |
| 2000 | 16.02.2000 | The parameters of Operation Magnolia set: “To investigate whether there is any evidence of physical and/or sexual abuse of children at [the two children’s homes]” (Policy 13). | 22.02.2000 | Detective Constable (DC) Nigel Baraclough visits JA-A25 (initial introductory visit – not tape-recorded). | 07–21.03.2000 | JA-A25 is interviewed by DC Baraclough (in company with either DC Alexander Nixon or DC James Wynne). | 08.03.2000 | JA-A19 is interviewed by DC Wynne and DC Stephen Smith. Allegations related to abuse by staff within the children’s home. | 20.03.2000 | JA-A19 is interviewed by DC Wynne and DC Smith. Allegations made against Lord Janner. | 23.03.2000 | Policy 30 records: Crown Prosecution Service to examine the evidence before any arrests are contemplated. | 10.04.2000 | JA-A25 signs his witness statement. | 10.04.2000 | JA-A19 approves and signs his statement (S4) covering his allegations against children’s home staff. | 22.08.2000 | JA-A19 signs an additional statement (S4A) covering his identification from photographs of residents and staff at children’s homes. |
| 2001 | 05.01.2001 | JA-A19 signs an additional statement (S4B) clarifying matters into an allegation against a staff member at his children’s home. | 22.05.2001 | JA-A6 is interviewed by Detective Sergeant (DS) Wynne. Date on JA-A6’s statement (S101) regarding allegations of abuse within Moel Llys Children’s Home. | 29.05.2001 | Date on JA-A6’s statement regarding allegations against Lord Janner (S101A). | 30.07.2001 | Three actions raised (actions 4171, 4172, 4173) in respect of JA-A6’s allegations against Lord Janner. | 18.09.2001 | Policy 88 – ‘No Further Action’ (NFA) or prosecution decisions to be a joint enterprise between the police and the Crown Prosecution Service. | 08.11.2001 | JA-A19’s statement S4C registered on HOLMES. | 28.11.2001 | Meeting with police and the Crown Prosecution Service to consider whether complaints against children’s home staff should be pursued. |
| 2002 | 10.01.2002 | Result of Action filed regarding NFA decision for JA-A19. | 11.01.2002 | Report from Acting Detective Inspector (A/DI) Kevin Yates regarding NFA. | 22–25.02.2002 | The three JA-A6 actions in respect of Lord Janner were resulted with NFA needed and the case closed. | 16.04.2002 | Email from senior investigating officer (SIO) Graham Thomas thanking staff for efforts. | 20.09.2002 | Crown Prosecution Service advice (from Roger Rock) confirming that no staff would face charges arising out of Operation Magnolia. |
Operation Dauntless
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1990 | |
| 06.08.1990 | JA-A8 is interviewed and denies abuse by Frank Beck. |
| 1997 | |
| 10.10.1997 | Leicestershire Social Services makes a complaint on JA-A8’s behalf that he was sexually abused by a teacher at a time when he was living with foster parents. |
| 1998 | |
| 21.04.1998 | JA-A8 attends Charles Street Police station and alleges child sexual abuse by Frank Beck[1] and a teacher whilst he was in foster care. |
| 2005 | |
| 25.11.2005 | Referral is received by Leicestershire Police Child Protection Unit from a prison in Warwickshire concerning JA-A8’s complaint that an individual had abused him whilst he was in foster care. This complaint was not directed at Lord Janner but at his foster carer, JA-F21, who JA-A8 maintained had been aware of the abuse that he had suffered. |
| 2006 | |
| Feb 2006 | JA-A8 makes further allegations of child sexual abuse against a number of males, including Beck and Lord Janner. |
| 30.03.2006 | JA-A8 is interviewed on tape in prison. Gives evidence of three incidents of abuse, including references to “Greville”. |
| 05.05.2006 | JA-A8’s allegations concerning Lord Janner are reported to the child abuse investigation unit at Leicestershire Police. |
| 10.05.2006 | Gold Group meeting for Operation Dauntless. Attendees include Acting Chief Constable (ACC) Chris Eyre, Chief Superintendent (C/Supt) Alistair Helm and Superintendent Christopher Tew. |
| June 2006 | C/Supt Helm asks Detective Superintendent (D/Supt) Christopher Thomas to be SIO of Operation Dauntless. |
| 02.06.2006 | Policy Decision 4: decision to treat Operation Dauntless as a covert investigation. |
| 07.06.2006 | Policy Decision 5: initial terms of reference are identified, including the recovery and review of the Beck investigation papers and JA-A8’s social services records. |
| 27.06.2006 | Detective Inspector (DI) Kevin Barrs advises DS Swift-Rollinson of Operation Dauntless. |
| 27.06.2006 | DS David Swift-Rollinson requests a copy of the Beck enquiry papers. |
| 28.06.2006 | DS Swift-Rollinson queries the ethical appropriateness of Roger Rock acting as the reviewing lawyer. |
| 30.06.2006 | Policy Decision 10: to create an analytical timeline. |
| 26.09.2006 | DS Swift-Rollinson meets with Leicestershire County Council legal team to obtain copies of JA-A8’s social services records. |
| 01.11.2006 | DS Swift-Rollinson attends Leicestershire County Council to review JA-A8’s social services files. |
| 16.11.2006 | Operation Dauntless team meeting; discussions about contacting JA-A8’s social worker to ascertain whether he disclosed child sexual abuse to her |
| 24.11.2006 | JA-A8 is re-interviewed. |
| 23.12.2006 | DS Swift-Rollinson identifies that a number of Operation Magnolia witnesses mentioned Lord Janner, including JA-A19 who alleged child sexual abuse (the ‘unrevealed statement’). |
| 24.12.2006 | D/Supt Christopher Thomas asks DS Swift-Rollinson to print the statements from Operation Magnolia. |
| 2007 | |
| January 2007 | D/Supt Christopher Thomas decides to seek advice from the Crown Prosecution Service. |
| 02.01.2007 | DS Swift-Rollinson drafts a letter for D/Supt Christopher Thomas to send to Lord Janner to invite him to attend a voluntary interview (letter not sent). |
| 30.01.2007 | Operation Dauntless team meeting: DI Barrs informs DS Swift-Rollinson that an advice file to the Crown Prosecution Service is to be prepared (ie Policy Decision 12) and Lord Janner will not be arrested and interviewed before seeking the Crown Prosecution Service’s advice (i.e. Policy Decision 13). |
| 14.02.2007 | DS Swift-Rollinson emails DI Richard Keenan and A/DI Yates regarding Operation Magnolia. A/DI Yates responds the same day; DI Keenan responds on 19.2.2007. |
| 19.03.2007 | DI Keenan sends a follow-up email to DS Swift-Rollinson concerning decision-making in Operation Magnolia. |
| 23.04.2007 | DS Swift-Rollinson’s cover report to the advice file to the Crown Prosecution Service. |
| 24.04.2007 | D/Supt Christopher Thomas’s cover letter to Roger Rock at the Crown Prosecution Service. |
| 25.04.2007 | DS Swift-Rollinson presents the advice file to Roger Rock at the Crown Prosecution Service. |
| 03.05.2007 | DS Swift-Rollinson provides additional medical evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service. |
| 18.06.2007 | DS Swift-Rollinson provides further medical evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service. |
| 11.12.2007 | Roger Rock discusses his advice with the Chief Crown Prosecutor for Leicestershire Crown Prosecution Service, who endorses his decision. |
| 10.12.2007 | File note of advice from Roger Rock. |
| 19.12.2007 | Roger Rock’s advice on Operation Dauntless completed. |
| 28.12.2007 | Roger Rock’s advice received by Leicestershire Police. |