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  • UK Jimmy Savile sex abuse spread far and wide

    UK Jimmy Savile sex abuse spread far and wide

    jimmy-savileThe Operation Yewtree report shows how Savile’s victims ranged from eight to 47 years old, including 174 females and 40 males.

    Police have released a UK map outlining the horrific geographical range of Jimmy Savile’s ‘predatory’ sex offending.

    A report released by the Met Police and NSPCC today details the huge extent of Savile’s sex abuse, which spread far and wide across

    The Operation Yewtree report shows how Savile’s victims ranged from eight to 47 years old, including 174 females and 40 males.

    It emerged that 50 of his attacks took place at hospitals, 33 at TV or radio stations, and 14 at schools.

    But presenting the daunting range of facts and figures underlying the catalogue of offences, Britain’s biggest children’s charity, the NSPCC, said “behind every number is a person who suffered”.

    The shocking police report also reveals that Savile was at his most prolific in the south east – he committed 43 offences in the Metropolitan Police area, and 30 in Thames Valley.

    A further 34 of the Leeds presenter’s offences took place in the West Yorkshire, along with 14 in Great Manchester.

    Here is a snapshot of victims who came forward to reveal their experiences:

    1960 – A 10-year-old boy saw Savile outside a hotel and asked for his autograph. They went into the hotel reception where he was seriously sexually assaulted.

    1965 – A 14-year-old girl met Savile in a nightclub. She later visited his home and was raped.

    1972     – A 12-year-old boy and two female friends attended a recording of Top of the Pops. During a break in filming Savile groped the boy’s genitals and the breasts of his two friends.

    1973     – A 16-year-old female hospital patient was befriended by Savile. He led her to an office where he kissed her, touched her inappropriately and then subjected her to a sexual assault.

    1974     – Savile took a 14-year-old schoolgirl for a drive in his car and seriously sexually assaulted her.

    2009     – A 43-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by Savile when he put his hand up her skirt while talking to her on a train journey between Leeds and London.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • Jimmy Savile ‘Was Yorkshire Ripper Suspect’

    Jimmy Savile ‘Was Yorkshire Ripper Suspect’

    sav11Jimmy Savile was questioned by detectives investigating the Yorkshire Ripper murder, West Yorkshire Police confirmed on Wednesday.

    A senior officer who worked on the inquiry revealed the disgraced DJ was a suspect in the notorious case more than 30 years ago on Tuesday.

    John Stainthorpe, a former detective with West Yorkshire Police, said the Leeds-born presenter was approached after an anonymous tip-off.

    Mr Stainthorpe, who spent 40 years in the force, told ITV’s Calendar News: “When the Ripper was really active, one of the suspects put forward by the public was, in fact, Jimmy Savile.

    “Obviously, it was not he, but he was interviewed along with many others.”

    He said the person who reported Savile was “aiming in the right direction”.

    “Child perverts soon become child killers,” he added.

    The police force confirmed Savile may have been questioned, but did not reveal when he was interviewed or why.

    A spokesman said: “As with thousands of other men in Leeds at the time, he may at some time have been approached by detectives on the investigation.

    “What is without doubt is that Savile was clearly not the Yorkshire Ripper.”

    Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women in 1981 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is held at Broadmoor and has been told he will never be freed.

    Sutcliffe has jumped to the defence of Savile, who he says befriended him during regular visits to the high security hospital.

    Dismissing claims the late DJ abused around 300 victims over six decades, he said those making allegations were “jumping on the bandwagon”.

    Savile, who died a year ago aged 84, is now believed to be one of the UK’s most prolific child abusers.

    It comes after he was linked to fresh allegations of abuse at a care home in north Wales.

    The Sun newspaper claimed boys were molested for his “entertainment” at Bryn Estyn in the 1970s.

    Lawyers representing the disgraced DJ’s alleged victims have said they have notified his estate executors, the BBC and three hospitals that they plan to launch damage claims against them.

    The former presenter’s £4m estate has already been frozen by executors NatWest.

     

     

     

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  • UK Savile probe to investigate doctors

    UK Savile probe to investigate doctors

    JimmyInformation on three doctors who worked at hospitals where Jimmy Savile had links has been passed to police amid claims they were involved in a network of child abusers connected with the disgraced presenter.

    The Guardian said the trio were alleged to have abused young people in their care and were identified by victims who came forward in the last two weeks.

    Police are examining individuals who might have had access to vulnerable children, some of whom were associated with Savile, the newspaper said.

    The former DJ, who died last year aged 84, had a bedroom at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, an office and living quarters at Broadmoor and widespread access to Leeds General Infirmary.

    Since the allegations about Savile emerged the children’s charity the NSPCC said it has received 161 calls relating to him, which have been passed to police.

    A decision not to prosecute Savile over abuse allegations in 2009 will come under the spotlight again after the Prime Minister said Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer would review legal papers from the case.

    Surrey Police submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) containing references to four potential offences, including an allegation of indecent assault on a young girl at a children’s home, but it was dropped due to a lack of evidence.

    David Cameron told MPs it was essential that lessons were learned from the scandal of Savile’s decades of sexual abuse.

    Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, he said: “The Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed that his principal legal adviser will again review the papers from the time when a case was put to the CPS for prosecution. The Director of Public Prosecutions specifically is going to consider what more can be done to alert relevant authorities where there are concerns that a prosecution is not taken forward. The Government will do everything it can do, other institutions must do what they can do, to make sure that we learn the lesson of this and it can never happen again.”

    Mr Starmer said the evidence was considered by prosecutors, but because the alleged victims would not support police action, it was decided not to proceed. As the number of allegations against Savile has snowballed, Mr Starmer asked the chief Crown prosecutor for the South East, Roger Coe-Salazar, to look at the files again. He concluded the correct decision was taken, although the files will again be reviewed “out of an abundance of caution”.

     

     

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