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Three years ago, police said Savile, one of the Britain's
best-known celebrities in the 1970s and 1980s, had abused
hundreds of victims, mainly youngsters, at hospitals and at BBC
premises over six decades until his death aged 84 in 2011.
New reports into his activities on Thursday revealed he had
abused 60 people at Stoke Mandeville hospital, the birthplace of
the Paralympic games, between 1969 and 1992, and despite it
being an "open secret" that he was a "lecher," nothing was done.
There were 10 complaints made about his behavior, although only
one was official. The informal complaints were neither taken
seriously nor escalated, said Androulla Johnstone, lead
investigator for one of the reports, while the formal one was
dropped by the complainant’s father due to her serious ill
health.
"The individuals to whom these incidents were reported failed in
their duty to protect," Johnstone told reporters.
"Consequently, no intelligence about Savile’s behavior was
gathered over the years and no action was taken."
The reports said Savile had used his fame and charitable work to
get unsupervised access to patients, raping and sexually abusing
boys, girls, men and women aged between five and 75 in wards,
corridors and offices.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Stephen Addison)
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