Entertainment industry fears being tarred by Savile, says Clifford lawyer
Nine Operation Yewtree arrests have led to an atmosphere of fear, according to the lawyer for the publicist Max Clifford ...
View ArticleSavile 'a prolific, predatory sex offender'
123 Jimmy Savile showing off his OBE outside Buckingham Palace in 1972, when his abuse was at its height. Photographs: Mark Allan/BBC/PA Wire; Getty ImagesJimmy Savile on set at the final Top of the...
View ArticleSavile linked to abuse in police records from as early as 1964
Police forces across Britain have come under fire for ignoring Jimmy Savile's abuse victims as it emerged the disgraced presenter could have been stopped as early as 1964. In a shock warning, policing...
View ArticleQ&A: Jimmy Savile abuse
A Metropolitan Police report into allegations of sexual assault by Jimmy Savile found the presenter and DJ was a "prolific, predatory sex offender" who abused children and adults over a 60-year period....
View Article250 U.K. Celebs Accused of Child Sex Abuse
British police forces will have to sort through 1,433 suspects in over 100,000 cases of child abuse—almost double the amount of accusations from just three years ago. LONDON — The extraordinary scale...
View ArticleCelebrities who use fame to commit sex offences face severer sentences
New guidelines place more emphasis on long-term impact of sex crimes on victims, and sets higher starting points for jail terms ...
View ArticleJimmy Savile could have been stopped in the 60s, says damning report
In a shock warning, policing inspectors said there is a "distinct possibility" that officers could fail to prevent another Savile-like scandal from happening again. Just five allegations and two pieces...
View ArticleDamning Jimmy Savile report claims police 'ignored' abuse victims for years
In a shock warning, policing inspectors said there is a "distinct possibility" that officers could fail to prevent another Savile-like scandal from happening again. Just five allegations and two pieces...
View ArticleJimmy Savile police blasted for ignoring abuse claims
In a shock warning, policing inspectors said there is a "distinct possibility" that officers could fail to prevent another Savile-like scandal from happening again. Just five allegations and two pieces...
View ArticleSex crimes against young children rise, research suggests
Recorded sex crimes against children under 11 in England and Wales went up by 16% last year, research suggests. There were 5,547 incidents, against the previous year's 4,772, according to data from 41...
View ArticleJimmy Savile scandal: Report reveals decades of abuse
Adults and children, including a boy of eight, were abused by Jimmy Savile, has revealed. Police and the NSPCC outlined offences by the late presenter at venues including 13 hospitals and a hospice....
View ArticleSavile could have been prosecuted, confirms official report
Children's entertainer Jimmy Savile sexually assaulted children as young as 10, abused up to 500 young people and raped more than 30, an official inquiry is due to reveal today. The official...
View ArticleChildren are being trafficked between towns in the UK
National Crime Agency figures released this month show that 56 UK-born children were trafficked for sexual exploitation in the past year, but there are many more victims the agencies haven't identified...
View ArticlePolice culture must put child protection first, say inspectors
The police service must change its culture to respond to the shocking scale of child abuse in society and put the protection of children at the heart of its work, inspectors have said. ...
View ArticlePoor police record on child cases
Only a third of police cases involving vulnerable children are handled to a good standard, inspectors have found. Of the 576 cases involving vulnerable children across eight forces in England and Wales...
View ArticleOn child abuse, the police still aren't doing their best for victims
In the wake of the Rochdale and Jimmy Savile scandals, the Crown Prosecution Service announced it had to change its approach to people who claimed they had been sexually abused as children. Last month...
View ArticleGiving Victims a Voice (The Metropolitan Police)
(Source: The Metropolitan Police) 11 January 2013 The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the NSPCC have today, Friday 11 January, published their joint report into sexual allegations made against...
View ArticleOnline porn ‘warping children’s minds’
London - Children as young as five are being reported to the police over sex offences, a charity has warned. The NSPCC blamed the shocking statistics on the growing ease of access to online pornography...
View Article1,400 child abuse suspects identified
20 May 2015 From the section UK More than 1,400 suspects, including politicians and celebrities, have been investigated by police probing historical child sex abuse allegations. The figures were...
View ArticleWarning issued over online abuse
A survey of social workers revealed that half of them felt concerned about dealing with online sexual abuse or behaviour, while more than two thirds of social workers felt they needed more support with...
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