Un investigation report compiled catalog on Friday a damning sexual abuse with impunity for over 50 years by the former star of the BBC presenter Jimmy Savile at the expense of victims aged 8-47 years, while the justice made his mea culpa.
Jimmy Savile, who died in 2011 at 84 years was a "sexual predator" who used his celebrity status to commit 214 "crimes", including 34 rapes between 1955 and 2009, the report of the police and of child protection after a three-month investigation on this resounding scandale.
L'ex-star in 1970-80 eccentric style, which featured a children's program and was involved in many charities, occurred in his hometown of Leeds and London, in the premises of the BBC, in schools, 13 hospitals and homes for youth, by rapport.
La youngest known victim was a boy of eight years old at the time, but more than 80% of the victims were girls and women, mostly aged 13-16 ans.
Ces crimes were mostly "sexual assaults when the opportunity presented itself," but some were "planned," the document.
L'impunité which Jimmy Savile has received during his lifetime has resulted in an apology from the prosecutor, who on Friday issued a report on the reasons that led to the decision to forego prosecution in 2009 despite complaints received by the Surrey Police (south) .
"I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for the failure of the prosecution," said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Keir Starmer, hoping that the case "will mark a turning point" .
Alison Levitt, counsel to the DPP, said that "if the police and had adopted a different approach, prosecution could take place on three victims," finding that their complaints had been dealt "with a caution which was neither justified nor appropriate ".
Pour Peter Watt, the director of the British agency for child protection, co-author of the report, the extent of abuse "beyond comprehension." He called Jimmy Savile as "one of the most active predators we have ever known" .
"It is clear that Savile slyly built his entire professional life in order to have access to children defenseless to commit his abuses," he dit.
"He hid behind a veil of eccentricity, playing the bluff card to those who asked questions," continued Peter Watt, referring to the rumors of his living on the morals of Jimmy Savile.< / p>
"It can not be brought to justice today, but we hope that this report will provide some comfort to the hundreds of victims who have now been heard and taken seriously," meanwhile said police official in charge of the investigation, Peter Spindle, of Scotland Yard. "We must use these shocking events to prevent other children and other vulnerable adults are victims of abuse," he dit.
Les charges against Jimmy Savile, revealed last October by ITV, caused a crisis for the BBC, a time accused of trying to hush up the case, then guilty of false accusation of a conservative politician of the Thatcher era. Events that led to the resignation of its CEO, George Entwistle.
Dans a statement released Friday, the BBC has expressed "dismay" about the crimes committed on its premises, and reiterated its "sincere apologies to the victims" .
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