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UK police report 50 years of Savile sex abuse
British police say that Jimmy Savile, the late BBC star presenter, was a “predatory sex offender” whose victims were as young as eight years old, according to a newly released extensive report.
Savile preyed on children and adults in hospitals and even a hospice, according to the report, released by the police and child protection services on Friday.
The television presenter was accused of having committed more than 200 sex crimes over more than half a century, from 1955 to 2009.
He had an annoying catch phrase, “Jim’ll fix it!” I think we should have been using another f-word.
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So after 53 years they finally have a case?
He had friends in high places?
Just Mrs Thatcher and the Pope. Actually the parallels with Lance Armstrong are striking. Both managed to intimidate and silence and bully through not much more than force of personality. The triumph of the will, to use a phrase from another context. And both worked not just in plain sight, but in the brightest spotlight imaginable. Truly mind-boggling.
How bad is it? Well, if you need three separate bar charts to split abuse by year and location from age of male and female victims, I’m guessing pretty bad..