the sir jimmy savile obe thread

[ymu]

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Canucker.

 

[laptop]

Because (and IANAL, so I'm sure one will be along to correct me if I'm wrong) he has to be charged under the the charge extant at the time the offence was committed.

IANALeither, but, yes.

And I suppose that in much the same way it was homophobic at the time because it was presumed that no decent British girl or boy could consent to that.

 

[Pickman's model]

Grace Dent nailed it months ago:

The Jimmy Savile abuse scandal means men across Britain will sleep uneasily, remembering past 'conquests'

grand choice of picture to illustrate the article

 

[elbows]

They've arrested another person, not seen a name yet.

 

[ViolentPanda]

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Canucker.

Tend to dip in and out of Urban during daylight hours nowadays, so sometimes there's a lot of catching up to do.
The difference between me and Canuck is that I don't jump in halfway through a thread without reading the preceding pages first. Canuck sometimes (I'm being generous there!) does.

 

[ibilly99]

 

[ibilly99]

 

[Barking_Mad]

Interesting piece that clumps a lot of the Savile reports together and draws the obvious conclusion

http://theneedleblog.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/madlands-savile-article/?source=mm802

 

[Barking_Mad]

edit.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Petronella Wyatt .... oh no....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2308344/Petronella-Wyatt-Its-hell-posh-poor.html

 

[Casually Red]

 

[yardbird]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22212131

Been waiting for this.

 

[danny la rouge]

Rolf named: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22212131

 

[danny la rouge]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22212131

Been waiting for this.

You beat me.

 

[Reno]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22212131

Been waiting for this.

Same here. My only question is, what took them so long ?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Same here. My only question is, what took them so long ?

I think he was in a clinic. Maybe they wanted him to be in good health before nicking him

 

[19sixtysix]

He's not been charged nor named by the police who are usually very keen to do so.

 

[killer b]

Same here. My only question is, what took them so long ?

they say for legal reasons. i guess those legal reasons may be mr harris' keen legal team?

 

[Reno]

I think he was in a clinic. Maybe they wanted him to be in good health before nicking him

I mean "what took them several decades ?" Not saying he's a nonce or a rapist, but I've worked with him for one day in the 90s and was aware that he was sexually harassing female staff members. He was the opposite from his public persona, a really unpleasant man to be around.

 

[killer b]

same as with jimmy. national treasure, disbelieving coppers, hardcore lawyers.

(probably)

 

[Mr Moose]

same as with jimmy. national treasure, disbelieving coppers, hardcore lawyers.

(probably)

You can add 'eccentric' to national treasure. Seems a reoccurring theme.

 

[elbows]

He's not been charged nor named by the police who are usually very keen to do so.

I dont remember the police rushing to name the others either, they usually say 'a xx year old man from the xxxx area', give them a Yewtree number and the media do the rest.

 

[The Octagon]

I liked Reno's post but now it looks a little odd, obviously meant in agreement, I've been hearing first hand accounts of his behaviour for years (although I should stress I've never heard anything Savile-esque on the age front).

 

[Geri]

I mean "what took them several decades ?" Not saying he's a nonce or a rapist, but I've worked with him for one day in the 90s and was aware that he was sexually harassing female staff members. He was the opposite from his public persona, a really unpleasant man to be around.

Did you report him?

 

[Reno]

Did you report him?

It would have been up to the women to report him, who were in higher positions than I was at the time. I didn't witness the harassment myself, but several of the women at the studio he was making a programme about, were complaining about how he would touch them inappropriately and without warning. Nobody did report him, because he was gone again after a day and he provided a lot of publicity to the company he was visiting. Nobody wanted to fuck that up.

 

[Geri]

I see.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It would have been up to the women to report him, who were in higher positions than I was at the time. I didn't witness the harassment myself, but several of the women at the studio he was making a programme about, were complaining about how he would touch them inappropriately and without warning. Nobody did report him, because he was gone again after a day and he provided a lot of publicity to the company he was visiting. Nobody wanted to fuck that up.

More likely they didn't want to risk their jobs by complaining or be disbelieved

 

[Dr Nookie]

Whatever a person's reason for not reporting a sexual attacker/harrasser, I don't think they should ever, ever be blamed for that decision. The blame lies squarely with the perpetrator.

 

[Reno]

More likely they didn't want to risk their jobs by complaining or be disbelieved

At least one of the women was in a senior position and there was no way her company would have fired her. It was talked about, but there was a general agreement not to rock the boat.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I see