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CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 12:31 PM Feb 2015

British DJ Jimmy Savile raped and abused at least 60 people in hospital

Jimmy Savile scandal: report finds DJ abused at least 60 people at Stoke Mandeville hospital
Key report into the disgraced DJ's activities at NHS hospitals finds that at least ten of the victims reported the abuse at the time
By Martin Evans, Crime Correspondent
11:55AM GMT 26 Feb 2015




Excerpt:

Jimmy Savile raped and abused at least 60 people at Stoke Mandeville hospital including seriously ill children, during a 24-year reign of terror, a report has concluded.

The victims ranged in age from eight to 40 and included patients, staff, visitors, volunteers and charity fundraisers.

But despite at least ten of the victims reporting the abuse at the time, nothing was done to stop Savile, and senior management at the hospital claimed they were never made aware of what was going on.

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In a harrowing report into the extent of his offending, it was found that Savile regularly wandered the wards attacking seriously ill youngsters, with staff sometimes turning a blind eye.


Link to Telegraph UK:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/11436243/Jimmy-Savile-scandal-report-finds-DJ-abused-at-least-60-people-at-Stoke-Mandeville-hospital.html
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British DJ Jimmy Savile raped and abused at least 60 people in hospital (Original Post) CJCRANE Feb 2015 OP
While Jihadi John is in the limelight today CJCRANE Feb 2015 #1
Ummm... Jimmy Savile has been front-page news in the UK for the last couple of years. Nye Bevan Feb 2015 #2

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
1. While Jihadi John is in the limelight today
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 03:25 PM
Feb 2015

this story about another British criminal is being overlooked.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
2. Ummm... Jimmy Savile has been front-page news in the UK for the last couple of years.
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 03:30 PM
Feb 2015

For those Americans who are unfamiliar with it: take the Bill Cosby scandal, multiply it by about 100, make the victims children instead of adults, as well as hospital patients and inmates at young offenders' institutions, throw in some necrophilia in hospital morgues, and you're pretty much there.

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