Grimsby victim of Jimmy Savile 'shocked' by scale of star's abuse

“What is it with the media. Look, Savile was flamboyant, a showman, do we really need to see his fizzog time and time again. Myself and sister had reservations about him, we didn't know why, just a feeling. That was back in the 70s. Please stop with the pictures. A mention will do. How on earth do you think his victims feel seeing such.”

“sunshine: Concluding remarks paragraph: 11.3 It would be naive to view this case as the isolated behaviour of an individual rogue celebrity. We do, however, need to recognise the context of the 1960s and 1970s (the peak offending period). It was an age of different social attitudes and the workings of the criminal justice system at the time would have reflected this, even though the abuse committed was as illegal then as it is now. Thankfully attitudes have changed considerably in a relatively short period of time.

There are additional remarks about the way Savile manipulated the media, and, to some extent, the police. Have a look at the reports. They are available on line and quite eye-opening about how he was able to bully and coerce people into doing as he wished.”

“Why wasn't anything done when Savile was alive. BBC should have investigated him and the police and believed those abused by Savile”

“I would only give compo for those that reported a crime BEFORE Savile's death.

Those that failed to do so did not do anyone any favours”

“The NSPCC MPS report has this concluding paragraph: 11.1 From the information provided by the hundreds of people who have come forward to Operation Yewtree, police and the NSPCC have concluded that Jimmy Savile was one of the UK's most prolific known sexual predators. Indeed the formal recording of allegations of crime on this scale is, to the best of our knowledge,
unprecedented in the UK.

Concluding remarks paragraph: 11.3 It would be naive to view this case as the isolated behaviour of an individual rogue celebrity. We do, however, need to recognise the context of the 1960s and
1970s (the peak offending period). It was an age of different social attitudes and the workings of the criminal justice system at the time would have reflected this, even though the abuse committed was as illegal then as it is now. Thankfully attitudes have changed considerably in a relatively short period of time.

The final paragraph: 11.7 Perhaps the most important learning from this appalling case is in relation to the children and adults who spoke out about Jimmy Savile at the time. Too often they were not taken seriously. We must not allow this to happen again - those who come forward must be given a voice and swift action taken to verify accounts of abuse.

One can only hope that this catalogue of abuse, and errors on the part of the investigating authorities, is never repeated.”

“well well well what about that then”