A LABOUR peer formerly ruled too unwell to be tried for suspected child abuse is now to be prosecuted, it has been confirmed.

The first hearing in the sex abuse case against Lord Greville Janner - who kept a holiday home in Bournemouth - is set to take place in the criminal court this August.

The 86-year-old once kept a flat at Crag Head on East Cliff's Manor Road. Properties in the road sell for upwards of £300,000.

One resident of the block said: "I knew he was here but I didn't know anything about him. We never spoke – we just said 'good morning' and that was all."

Another East Cliff resident said he was aware of Lord Janner having a holiday flat in the town but had not met him.

It is alleged that Lord Janner committed serious sex offences against children from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders had previously said his dementia meant he could not understand what would happen in a courtroom.

However, yesterday it was announced by the Crown Prosecution Service that Lord Janner is to be charged after all.

Mrs Saunders had rejected the advice of a senior barrister and expert on child abuse cases in reaching her decision, which was heavily criticised by victims' rights groups and politicians.

The peer was recently at the top of a list of company directors for his firm West Heath Road Seasons Ltd.

In official documents lodged at Companies House, he listed his occupation as: 'Working Peer, Writer, Lecturer.'

The company, which manages Lord Janner's £2m home and seven other flats in the north London development had reserves of £8,350, the latest accounts show.

He stood down as the director of the company on April 10, six days before it was initially announced that he would not be charged following allegations made against him.

Lord Janner was a regular visitor to the flat until it was sold last year after buying the two-bed holiday apartment in 1987.

He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2009.

Councillor Anne Filer said she did not wish to comment, but told the Daily Echo Lord Janner did previously own a flat in the area and that she had never heard any allegations against him until they were reported nationally.