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Sir Jimmy Savile (1926–2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality, who was well known in Britain for his eccentricities and, at the time of his death, was generally respected for his charitable work. He was knighted in 1990. In September and October 2012, almost a year after his death, claims were widely publicised that he had committed sexual abuse, his alleged victims ranging from prepubescent girls and boys to adults. By 11 October 2012 allegations had been made to 13 British police forces, and this led to the setting-up of inquiries into practices at the BBC and within the National Health Service. On 19 October 2012 the Metropolitan Police Service launched a formal criminal investigation, Operation Yewtree, into historic allegations of child sexual abuse by Savile and other people, some still living, over four decades. It stated that it was pursuing over 400 lines of inquiry, based on the claims of 200 witnesses, via 14 police forces across the UK. It described the alleged abuse as being "on an unprecedented scale", and the number of potential victims as "staggering". By 19 December, eight people had been questioned as part of the investigation. The Metropolitan Police stated that the total number of alleged victims was 589, of whom 450 alleged abuse by Savile. The report of the investigations undertaken jointly by the police and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), ''Giving Victims a Voice'', was published on 11 January 2013. It reported allegations covering a period of fifty years, including 214 alleged acts by Savile which, though uncorroborated, have been formally recorded as crimes, some involving children as young as eight. The report states "within the recorded crimes there are 126 indecent acts and 34 rape/penetration offences."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Giving Victims a Voice )〕 Alleged offences took place at 13 hospitals as well as on BBC premises, according to the report.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Giving Victims a Voice )〕 In October 2013 it was announced that inquiries had been extended to other hospitals. On 26 June 2014, the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, reported on the findings of the investigations led by Kate Lampard. He said that Savile had sexually assaulted victims aged between five and 75 in NHS hospitals, and apologised to the victims. Further investigations, in hospitals and elsewhere, led to additional allegations of sexual abuse by Savile. Much of Savile's career involved working with children and young people, including visiting schools and hospital wards. He spent 20 years presenting ''Top of the Pops'' before a teenage audience, and an overlapping 20 years presenting ''Jim'll Fix It'', in which he helped the wishes of viewers, mainly children, come true. During his lifetime, two police investigations had looked into reports about Savile, the earliest known being in 1958, but none had led to charges; the reports had each concluded that there was insufficient evidence for any charges to be brought related to sexual offences.〔Mendick, Robert (13 October 2012). ("Jimmy Savile: police officers repeatedly failed sex victims" ). ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London).〕 In October 2012 it was announced that the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, would investigate why proceedings against Savile in 2009 were dropped. The scandal was a major factor leading to the establishment of the wider-ranging Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse which was announced by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, in July 2014. In February 2015 the inquiry was reconfigured as a statutory inquiry to be chaired by Justice Lowell Goddard. ==Background== Savile claimed the key to his success on ''Jim'll Fix It'' had been that he disliked children, although he later admitted to saying it to deflect scrutiny of his personal life. He did not own a computer, as he did not want people to think he was downloading child pornography.〔("Obituary – Sir Jimmy Savile" ). ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London). 29 October 2011.〕 In a 1990 interview for ''The Independent on Sunday'', Lynn Barber asked him about rumours that he liked "little girls". Savile said: "...the young girls in question don't gather round me because of me – it's because I know the people they love, the stars... I am of no interest to them."In April 2000, he was the subject of an in-depth documentary by Louis Theroux, in the ''When Louis Met...'' series. In it, Theroux asked about rumours he was a paedophile. Savile said: "() live in a very funny world. And it's easier for me, as a single man, to say "I don't like children" because that puts a lot of salacious tabloid people off the hunt.... How do they know whether I am (paedophile ) or not? How does anybody know whether I am? Nobody knows whether I am or not. I know I'm not." Broadcaster and journalist Orla Barry, on the Irish radio station Newstalk in 2007, asked him about allegations aired during the Theroux documentary. When asked about the paedophilia rumours, Savile responded, "What rumours?" In 2012, Barry expressed surprise that other journalists had not pursued the matter, saying "Maybe in the UK they were slightly closer to him." In 2007, Savile was interviewed under caution by police investigating an allegation of indecent assault at the now-closed Duncroft Approved School for Girls near Staines in the 1970s when he was a regular visitor. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advised there was insufficient evidence to take any further action and no charges were brought.〔 In 2012 it was reported that staff at the school had not been questioned about the allegations at the time.〔("Jimmy Savile scandal: Police did not question Duncroft staff" ). BBC News. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.〕 The former headmistress of the school said she had been "hoodwinked" by Savile, but described some of those who had brought the allegations as "delinquents".〔("Savile abuse girls 'looking for money' – headteacher" ). ''ITV News''. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.〕〔Lyall, Sarah; Turner, Lark (10 November 2012). ("Complaint Ignored for Decades Is Heard at Last in BBC Abuse Case" ). ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 17 November 2012.〕 In March 2008, Savile started legal proceedings against ''The Sun'' newspaper which had linked him in several articles to child abuse at the Jersey children's home Haut de la Garenne. Savile denied visiting Haut de la Garenne, but admitted he had after a photograph was published showing him at the home surrounded by children. The States of Jersey Police said an allegation of indecent assault by Savile at the home in the 1970s had been investigated in 2008, but there had been insufficient evidence to proceed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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