Jimmy Savile Sexual Abuse

The Psychology of Abduction - The Cleveland Kidnappings Could Explain the Jimmy Savile Scandal

Dr Raj Persaud | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK
Dr Raj Persaud

The allegations surrounding the hostage case in Cleveland, Ohio, remain truly astonishing; how can three women be kidnapped, raped and beaten for so long? One possible explanation derives from a psychiatric phenomenon which is supposed to develop in these extraordinary and intense predicaments, termed 'Stockholm Syndrome'.

Jim Davidson Rebailed In Savile Inquiry

PA | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK

Comedian Jim Davidson has been rebailed over alleged sex offences by police investigating the Jimmy Savile scandal. Davidson, 59, was bailed to an ...

'No Evidence' West Yorkshire Police Protected Savile

PA | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK

A review into a police force's contacts with Jimmy Savile has concluded that there is no evidence its officers protected him from arrest or prosecutio...

Police Make Another Arrest In Savile Abuse Probe

PA | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK

A 65-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating allegations that emerged after the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal. The man was held in ...

Jimmy Savile Police Arrest 82-Year-Old From Berkshire

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.03.2013 | UK

An 82-year-old man from Berkshire has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences as part of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse investigation, the Metropoli...

Ex-BBC Producer To Face No Charges Over Savile Abuse

PA | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK

A former BBC producer will not face charges after being arrested by detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal. At the time of his arr...

Jim Davidson Arrested On Fresh Allegations Of Sex Offences

PA | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK

Comedian Jim Davidson has been rearrested over fresh allegations of sexual offences, it has emerged. The 59-year-old answered bail on Wednesday aft...

Child Sex Abuse Victims 'Ignored'

PA | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK

The belief that "children should be seen and not heard" may have led to earlier generations of youngsters being ignored when they claimed they were se...

Celeb Sex Pests 'Protected By Police'

Posted 20.03.2013 | UK

Police files on celebrities and politicians accused of sex assault were so heavily protected that officers investigating claims could not access them,...

'My Conscience Is Clear' Insists DLT

PA | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK

Dave Lee Travis has insisted his "conscience is clear" and denied any wrongdoing following his re-arrest over further allegations of sexual assault. ...

Dave Lee Travis Re-Arrested Over Sex Offence Allegations

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK

DJ Dave Lee Travis has been re-arrested over further allegations of sexual offences. The 67-year-old was originally arrested by Operation Yewtree d...

Jimmy Savile Abuse 'Could Have Been Stopped In 1964'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

Police inspectors have warned there was a "distinct possibility" that officers could fail to prevent another Jimmy Savile-like scandal as it emerged t...

Now I've Had A Run, I Feel Like Some Bum'

PA | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

Police restricted access to intelligence that could have exposed Jimmy Savile's sex crimes because it involved celebrity, blackmail and paedophilia, a...

Jon Snow 'Abducted' And 'Abused' When Six-Years-Old

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.02.2013 | UK

Jon Snow has described how the aftermath of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal has forced him to confront a time when he himself was abused as a six-y...

Broadcasters At War Over Savile Report

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

The former editor of Newsnight boasted of the BBC's "higher standards" compared to rival ITV in the midst of the Jimmy Savile furore, emails reveal. ...

Jeremy Paxman Brands Senior BBC Staff 'Bloody People' In Pollard Inquiry Transcript

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Stephen Hull | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK

Jeremy Paxman’s lack of knowledge about departments central to the BBC’s editorial output has been revealed in the transcript of his interview as ...

Pollard Review Of Newsnight's Savile Investigation To Be Published

PA | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

Thousands of pages of evidence gathered during an inquiry into Newsnight's decision to drop its Jimmy Savile investigation are set to published today,...

Alleged Sex Abuse Victims To Sue BBC and Jimmy Savile Estate

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

Thirty-one victims of alleged sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile are to sue the BBC and the estate of the late DJ and 'Jim'll Fix It' presenter. A solic...

If Cross-Examining Adults in Sex Abuse Trials Can Contribute to Suicide - What's the Effect on Children?

Dr Raj Persaud | Posted 14.04.2013 | UK
Dr Raj Persaud

If this 48 year old renowned and successful violinist supposedly found cross-examination too much - how are younger children supposed to cope? If perpetrators are to be prevented from getting away with such crimes for such extended periods, we need a legal system that offers children a fair chance in court.

How Did Jimmy Savile Get Away With It?

Professor Ian Robertson | Posted 15.03.2013 | UK
Professor Ian Robertson

There are many different possible reasons why British celebrity Jimmy Savile was never caught over his half-century long sexual predator rampage. One was his psychopathic-like super-sense of being able to sniff-out the most psychologically vulnerable who would either not tell or not be believed.

Savile's Lawyers Will Make 'Mincemeat' Of You, Victim Was Told

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK

A woman who claims she was abused by Jimmy Savile told police that she was molested by the DJ in his caravan, but was told by police at the time that ...

How Silence Fixed It for Jimmy Savile - The Yewtree Child Sex Abuse Police Investigation Must Guard Against the Backlash

Dr Raj Persaud | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK
Dr Raj Persaud

Operation Yewtree represents an opportunity to transform forever the legal landscape so never again can a marauder such as this escape detection. What needs to change is an awareness that sexual abuse can be going on right under our noses without us realising.

Jimmy Savile 'Could Have Been Prosecuted While He Was Still Alive'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK

Jimmy Savile could have been prosecuted whilst he was still alive had police taken the testimony of his sex abuse victims more seriously. The disgr...

Savile Could Have Raped 'More Than 30 Children'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK

Children as young as 10 were victims of DJ Jimmy Savile, who may have raped more than 30 youngsters over four decades, a police report is expected to ...

Dave Lee Travis Bailed Again

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK

DJ Dave Lee Travis has been bailed again by police investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. The former Radio One presenter denied groping ...