

Even family members of Savile are now talking to the media about their disgust regards their relation’s conduct. Hospitals where Savile fund-raised and also, seemingly, abused young girls, are also likely to investigate past management decisions regards the presenter’s access to patients, while two charities set up in the star’s name have been wound down. With allegations that some of the abuse happened on BBC premises, and with the embarrassment that the BBC’s ‘Newsnight’ canned its own investigation into sex abuse allegations against Savile late last year, just before the Beeb aired tribute shows to its former star, the Corporation has also launched two independent investigations into its handling of allegations against the DJ, both recent and in the past.
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Victims across the country, mainly female, though some male too, have come forward to make allegations about the DJ and TV star after the screening of an ITV documentary at the start of the month, in which a handful of women first publicly claimed to have been sexually abused by Savile when they were young teenagers. One-time popstar Gary Glitter was arrested this weekend and questioned by police investigating the child abuse allegations made against the late Jimmy Savile.Īs of late last week, police confirmed they were pursuing 400 lines of enquiry relating to a possible 300 abuse victims of Savile, who died a year ago today. Glitter is best known for the stadium rock anthem "Rock & Roll (Part 2)." He was convicted in Vietnam of child sex abuse in 2006.Legal Gary Glitter arrested as part of Savile investigation By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 29 October 2012 Police who are investigating the allegations have described Savile as a "predatory sex offender." He's accused of abusing as many as 300 young people over four decades. My colleague Eyder wrote last week about the investigation into Savile, a beloved BBC personality who died last year. Police did not identify the rocker by name, but he was named by the BBC and others. He was released on bail until mid-December after being questioned. Glitter, born Paul Gadd, is the first person to be arrested in connection with the Jimmy Savile abuse inquiry.

media, including the BBC, are reporting that police Sunday arrested rocker and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter on suspicion of sex offenses. There's a new development in the British investigation into the allegations of child sex abuse against a late BBC television host: U.K. Former British rock star Gary Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, returns home in central London on Sunday after he was arrested earlier in the day by British police as they investigate the mountain of sexual abuse allegations against the late TV star Jimmy Savile.
