Investigation Reveals Jimmy Savile’s Shocking s**ual Abuse History
The dark secrets of Jimmy Savile, the former host of Top of the Pops, have finally come to light.
It has been discovered that Savile s**ually abused hundreds of children and women during the peak of his fame.
These horrifying acts took place at various institutions, including the BBC’s broadcasting studios, 14 hospitals, and 20 children’s hospitals across England.
Since his death in October 2011, numerous official inquiries have been launched into Savile’s offenses at hospitals, schools, and the BBC.
Today, an independent inquiry revealed that Savile abused 60 people, with at least 33 of them being patients aged from five to 75, at Leeds General Infirmary.
Other hospitals have also released the results of their investigations into Savile’s actions.
Let’s delve into the timeline of events surrounding Jimmy Savile’s s**ual abuse:
– On October 31, 1926, Savile was born in Leeds, the youngest of seven children.
– In 1955, the police recorded the earliest incident of abuse, which occurred when Savile managed a dance hall in Manchester.
– In 1960, a 10-year-old boy asked for Savile’s autograph outside a hotel.
Savile took advantage of the situation and subjected the boy to serious s**ual assault.
– On January 1, 1964, Savile presented the first-ever episode of Top of the Pops for the BBC.
Prior to this, he had been a DJ at Radio Luxembourg in 1958.
– Abuse records indicate that Savile started his offensive acts at the BBC, Leeds General Infirmary, where he volunteered as a porter, and Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where he also volunteered, all in 1965.
– The year 1966 marked the beginning of what the police have identified as Savile’s peak period for abuse, which lasted a decade.
– In 1970, records show that Savile started abusing girls at Duncroft girls’ school near Staines, Surrey, where he was a regular visitor.
– In 1972, another example of Savile’s offenses listed by the police involved him groping a 12-year-old boy and his two female friends during a recording of Top of the Pops.
– In the 1980s, a female victim reported being assaulted in Savile’s campervan in a BBC car park.
Unfortunately, the police file cannot be found, and the investigating officer has passed away.
– Savile was knighted in 1990 and also received a papal knighthood.
– In April 2000, Savile appeared in a TV documentary presented by Louis Theroux, where he acknowledged rumors about being a pedophile but vehemently denied them.
– On July 26, 2006, Savile co-presented the final episode of Top of the Pops, which led to one of the allegations made to the police.
– In March 2008, Savile initiated legal proceedings against a newspaper that linked him to abuse at the Jersey children’s home Haut de la Garenne.
– In 2009, Surrey police interviewed Savile under caution regarding an alleged indecent assault at Duncroft School.
The Crown Prosecution Service determined that there was insufficient evidence to proceed with any further action.
This was the last offense recorded in the current investigation.
– Another offense from this year involved a 43-year-old woman who was s**ually assaulted by Savile during a train journey between Leeds and London.
– In 2011, the scandal finally broke.
– On October 29, Jimmy Savile passed away.
– In early November, a Newsnight investigation into Savile began, with reporter Liz Mackean and researcher Hannah Livingston making contact with former Duncroft pupils.
– On November 11, a BBC tribute program called Jimmy Savile: As It Happened was aired on BBC1.
– On December 1, the Newsnight editor Peter Rippon emailed reporter Meirion Jones, instructing him to stop working on other aspects of the investigation due to lack of evidence.
Rippon also mentioned that he would pull the editing.
– The CPS confirmed on December 5 that they investigated a historic allegation of indecent assault at a children’s home in Staines in the 1970s but decided not to prosecute Savile due to insufficient evidence.
– In 2012, more revelations came to light.
– On January 8, the Sunday Mirror reported that the Newsnight investigation into Savile was axed due to clashes with the Fix It tribute show.
– On February 9, Miles Goslett reported in the Oldie that the Newsnight investigation was pulled because of the tribute programs and allegations of abuse on BBC premises.
The article alleged that the BBC had information that the police did not possess and that Mark Thompson, the BBC’s director-general at the time, was aware of the report.
Other media outlets followed up with further stories.
– On September 7, the BBC received a letter from ITV notifying them of the Exposure documentary on the Savile s** abuse allegations and posing questions.
– On October 3, the ITV Exposure program was broadcast, shedding light on the extent of Savile’s abuses.
– On October 8, BBC director-general George Entwistle appeared on the Today program.
Following this appearance, Liz Mackean emailed Entwistle expressing her concerns about the handling of the Newsnight Savile story and pointing out inaccuracies in an all-staff email.
– Entwistle requested an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the cancellation of the Newsnight investigation, which was carried out by Ken MacQuarrie, BBC Scotland director.
– On October 22, the Panorama special on the BBC and Savile was broadcast.
– On October 23, Entwistle appeared before the Commons Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee.
– In October, the BBC commissioned Dame Janet Smith to investigate the culture and practices of the BBC during the decades that Savile worked there.
– On November 10, George Entwistle resigned as director-general of the BBC.
– In 2013, further revelations emerged.
– On January 11, Scotland Yard labeled Savile a “prolific, predatory” s** offender after an investigation revealed 214 criminal offenses across 28 police forces between 1955 and 2009.
The report, titled Giving Victims a Voice, stated that 73% of his victims were children, and the allegations of abuse spanned 14 medical establishments.
– In 2014, more evidence came to light.
– On June 2, NSPCC research for BBC Panorama confirmed that there have been at least 500 reports of abuse by Savile.
– On June 26, the Department of Health published the results of
