Mail on Sunday Leader Article on Jimmy Savile
BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten wrote exclusively for the Mail on Sunday regarding the Jimmy Savile case. That article is here.
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This Week’s Links (weekly)
Victim found child abuse ‘difficult to face’ tags: CA My story – told as if I was talking to the perpetrator tags: CA Can We Learn from the Boy Scouts Perversion Files? tags: CA Understanding That You’ll Never Be Perfect tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Nine Men Arrested and Bailed in New Rochdale Case
Nine more men have been arrested and charged with child abuse related offences from four years ago involving a single victim. The BBC has the summary here and we’ll bring you the outcome of the case when it concludes.
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Savile-Founded Charities To Close Down
On the same day new BBC Director General answered questions in front of a Parliamentary Select Committee, the Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust and the Jimmy Savile Stoke Mandeville Hospital Trust both decided to close down rather than just changing their names. Their funds will be distributed anonymously to other charities. That story is here at…
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Editor Of BBC News Show Steps Aside As Savile Documentary Airs
It’s due to be overshadowed for American readers by the final Presidential Election Debate but it’s BBC vs BBC over in the UK, as one documentary news flagship on one channel – Panorama – shows a documentary investiagating another one on the second largest channel – Newsnight. The editor who took the decision to postpone…
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Actor jailed for CSA Images Found 9 Years Ago
A bit-part actor related to a UK TV comedy legend was jailed for a year on child porn charges and considering his international bail jump in 2004, it’s surprising more time wasn’t added on. The BBC has the story here.