The radio DJ Paul Gambaccini and Harvey Proctor, a former Tory MP, who were both falsely accused of historical sex offences, are launching a pressure group to campaign for law reform.
Other founders of the group include Daniel Janner QC, whose father Lord Janner of Braunstone, a former Labour MP, was accused of sexual abuse of nine boys and men but died in 2015 before any prosecution. All the civil claims collapsed before they reached a hearing.
Daniel Janner, announcing the launch of Falsely Accused Individuals for Reform (Fair), said it would be pressing for anonymity for those accused of sexual offences until they were charged.
“That is to prevent the macabre situation which has arisen time after time where a prominent individual, in the