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发帖数: 901 | 1 LONDON (AP) — British police say the late entertainer Jimmy Savile
committed more than 200 sex crimes over more than half a century, with most
victims children and teens assaulted the length and breadth of Britain, from
TV studios to hospitals and even a hospice.
Police said in a report released Friday that the scale of Savile's sex abuse
was "unprecedented in the UK." They have recorded 214 offenses allegedly
committed by Savile, including 34 rapes. In all, 450 people have come
forward with information about abuse by the late TV presenter.
The number of Savile's crimes is likely to rise beyond 214 as more victims'
reports were officially recorded, said Detective Superintendent David Gray,
the chief investigating police officer.
Savile's victims would be disappointed he had not faced justice in his
lifetime, said Cmdr. Peter Spindler, a senior police officer.
"I hope that we have been able to bring some satisfaction for them ... The
victims themselves will get some sense of satisfaction from being heard.
"This whole sordid affair has demonstrated the tragic consequences of what
happens when vulnerability collides with power," Spindler said.
Savile, he said, "groomed a nation" for sex abuse.
Peter Watt of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
said Savile was an "evil and manipulative man" who "cunningly built his
entire career around gaining access to vulnerable children."
The alleged crimes took place between 1955 and 2009.
Victims ranged from a 10-year-old boy who said he was sexually assaulted
after he asked for an autograph to children who said they were groped when
they attended a popular music show, and pupils at a school for troubled
girls who were allegedly offered cigarettes and trips in Savile's car in
return for sex.
Savile allegedly committed 57 offenses at medical establishments, including
a hospice, and 14 at schools, and 33 at television or radio stations; 73
percent of his victims were under 18.
The catalog of abuse is the fullest accounting yet of the allegations
against Savile, a TV and radio personality who died in 2011 at age 84.
Savile's elaborate funeral reflected his career as a popular entertainer and
tireless charity worker, but a documentary broadcast last year pulled the
mask away, claiming that Savile was a serial sex offender who traded on his
celebrity to prey on vulnerable children.
"The details provided by victims of his abuse paint the picture of a mainly
opportunistic individual who used his celebrity status as a powerful tool to
coerce or control them, preying on the vulnerable or star-struck for his
sexual gratification," the police report said.
Savile's abuse might have been brought to light earlier had authorities
pursued allegations against him more seriously, officials said.
A parallel report drawn up by senior prosecutor Alison Levitt and also
published Friday faulted officials for not pursuing allegations against him
more vigorously. Levitt's report noted that several women had spoken to
police about Savile between 2007 and 2008, but no charges were brought, in
part because the women declined to testify in court.
Levitt said police could have tried harder to get them to speak out, noting
in particular that the women weren't told that other victims had
corroborated their accounts.
"Having spoken to the victims I have been driven to conclude that had the
police and prosecutors taken a different approach a prosecution might have
been possible," she wrote. |
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