Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile, OBE, KCSG (31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011), known professionally as Jimmy Savile, was an English DJ, television presenter, media personality and charity fundraiser. He hosted the BBC television show Jim'll Fix It, was the first and last presenter of the long-running BBC music chart show Top of the Pops, and raised an estimated £40 million for charities.
A year after his death, hundreds of allegations of child sex abuse and rape became public, leading the police to believe that Savile was a predatory sex offender, and may have been one of Britain's most prolific sexual offenders.
In January 2013, a joint report by the NSPCC and Metropolitan Police, "Giving Victims a Voice", stated that 450 people had made complaints against Savile, with the period of alleged abuse stretching from 1955 to 2009 and the ages of the complainants at the time of the assaults ranging from 8 to 47. The suspected victims included 28 children aged under 10, including 10 boys aged as young as 8. A further 63 were girls aged between 13 and 16 and nearly three-quarters of his victims were under 18. Some 214 criminal offences were recorded, with 34 rapes having been reported across 28 police forces
It seems Savile got away with hundreds of child sexual assaults. However, he will stand before God and justice will be done. Operation Yewtree, an investigation into historical child sex crimes in the UK, was launched as a result of the revelations about Savile.
Some of the fall-out of that investigation has already been posted (see http://northwoodssaveachild.blogspot.com/2013/10/rolf-harris-charged-with-13-child-sex.html).
Below are a couple more horror stories uncovered by the investigation.
Savile ex-driver is granted bail on child sex charges
Jimmy Savile's former flatmate and chauffeur, Ray Teret, has been released on bail after appearing in court in Manchester charged with sexually abusing 15 girls.
Charges against Ray Teret, who lived with Savile and was his driver for three years in the 1960s, include rape and indecent assault of girls under 16, and one rape of a 17-year-old.
Mr Teret, 72, faces a total of 32 charges spanning several decades.
Police have stressed the accusations are not related to Savile's crimes.
Mr Teret is charged with 15 counts of rape, two of conspiracy to rape, one of attempted rape, nine of indecent assault and one of gross indecency - all against children aged under 16.
He is also charged with one count of rape not relating to an under-16 and three counts of possessing illegal materials - one of extreme pornography, one of prohibited images and one of indecent images of a child.
All of the offences allegedly took place in Manchester between 1962 to 1996.
A Manchester Magistrates Court, Mr Teret spoke only to confirm his name, age and address and was bailed until his next hearing on 15 November.
Also, A man described by a court as a former BBC driver has been found dead ahead of his trial for historical sex offences.
David Smith, 67, from Lewisham, south-east London, was charged as part of Operation Yewtree with allegedly abusing a 12-year-old boy in 1984.
A warrant was issued for his arrest on Monday after he failed to attend Southwark Crown Court. His cause of death is not yet known.
The BBC said it had found no record of him working for the corporation. It would appear he was under contract to drive for BBC, perhaps under a business name.
Scotland Yard said a post-mortem examination was being carried out on Tuesday, but there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
Smith was the first person to be charged under the investigation into historical cases of abuse, which was originally set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
He faced two counts of indecent assault, two of indecency and one of a serious sexual offence.
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| Jimmy Saville |
A year after his death, hundreds of allegations of child sex abuse and rape became public, leading the police to believe that Savile was a predatory sex offender, and may have been one of Britain's most prolific sexual offenders.
In January 2013, a joint report by the NSPCC and Metropolitan Police, "Giving Victims a Voice", stated that 450 people had made complaints against Savile, with the period of alleged abuse stretching from 1955 to 2009 and the ages of the complainants at the time of the assaults ranging from 8 to 47. The suspected victims included 28 children aged under 10, including 10 boys aged as young as 8. A further 63 were girls aged between 13 and 16 and nearly three-quarters of his victims were under 18. Some 214 criminal offences were recorded, with 34 rapes having been reported across 28 police forces
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| Rolf Harris |
It seems Savile got away with hundreds of child sexual assaults. However, he will stand before God and justice will be done. Operation Yewtree, an investigation into historical child sex crimes in the UK, was launched as a result of the revelations about Savile.
Some of the fall-out of that investigation has already been posted (see http://northwoodssaveachild.blogspot.com/2013/10/rolf-harris-charged-with-13-child-sex.html).
Below are a couple more horror stories uncovered by the investigation.
Savile ex-driver is granted bail on child sex charges
Jimmy Savile's former flatmate and chauffeur, Ray Teret, has been released on bail after appearing in court in Manchester charged with sexually abusing 15 girls.
Charges against Ray Teret, who lived with Savile and was his driver for three years in the 1960s, include rape and indecent assault of girls under 16, and one rape of a 17-year-old.
Mr Teret, 72, faces a total of 32 charges spanning several decades.
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| Teret |
Police have stressed the accusations are not related to Savile's crimes.
Mr Teret is charged with 15 counts of rape, two of conspiracy to rape, one of attempted rape, nine of indecent assault and one of gross indecency - all against children aged under 16.
He is also charged with one count of rape not relating to an under-16 and three counts of possessing illegal materials - one of extreme pornography, one of prohibited images and one of indecent images of a child.
All of the offences allegedly took place in Manchester between 1962 to 1996.
A Manchester Magistrates Court, Mr Teret spoke only to confirm his name, age and address and was bailed until his next hearing on 15 November.
Also, A man described by a court as a former BBC driver has been found dead ahead of his trial for historical sex offences.
David Smith, 67, from Lewisham, south-east London, was charged as part of Operation Yewtree with allegedly abusing a 12-year-old boy in 1984.
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| David Smith |
The BBC said it had found no record of him working for the corporation. It would appear he was under contract to drive for BBC, perhaps under a business name.
Scotland Yard said a post-mortem examination was being carried out on Tuesday, but there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
Smith was the first person to be charged under the investigation into historical cases of abuse, which was originally set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
He faced two counts of indecent assault, two of indecency and one of a serious sexual offence.
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