The Power of the Paedos - another high profile case hits the 'never happened' wall?

[Jan Klimkowski]

It's doubtless hard for non-Brits to grasp the scale of this.

Jimmy Savile was a national icon, the wacky but saintly shellsuit wearing, cigar puffing, Rolls Royce driving charity worker cum Top of the Pops DJ who made the fantasies of children come true.

Jim'll Fix It , which ran from 1975 to 1994, was a primetime BBC1 show in which children would write letters expressing their most heartfelt wish to Savile. He would read them out on air, and then make the fantasy come true.

I am probably one of a small number of those Brits who were children during those times who did not ask Jim to Fix It for me.

Meanwhile, we now learn that Savile was the compere of girls only discos in the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum:

Sir Jimmy Savile organised all-girl 'therapeutic' parties at Broadmoor

Sir Jimmy Savile organised all-girl discos at the psychiatric hospital Broadmoor in which he was the "therapeutic entertainment", it has been claimed.

By Richard Alleyne8:17AM BST 16 Oct 2012

The late television presenter used his access to the wards to recruit the young women for his private parties where he would be the DJ.

Describing himself as "therapeutic entertainment", his discos in the 70s, which he insisted on making, "lasses only", allowed him access to the young girls away from the staff.

They are likely to be a part of the Department of Health's investigation into how and why Savile was given a leading role at the high security psychiatric hospital.

A source told the Daily Mirror: "Savile did whatever he wanted at Broadmoor and nobody could stop him."

A former employee at Broadmoor, who knew Savile but asked not to be named, said: "He had access to all areas.


"He went where he wanted and spoke to whoever he wanted to. He spoke to all the patients. He would just walk up and have a chat. He was always there."

The Jim'll Fix It star, who had a flat in the grounds, volunteered at the hospital for 20 years before he was made head of a task force to plug a £20 million deficit in 1988.

The DJ was considered by the Department of Health as the ideal person to fix the hospital's finances and advise on welfare.

The National Association for People Abused in Childhood has received a staggering 2,000 calls offering information since details of Savile's decades preying on youngsters began to emerge.

The BBC presenter Jeremy Vine branded Savile "one of the most serious predatory paedophiles in criminal history".

Ex-Newsnight anchor Jeremy, 47, who hosts a Radio 2 lunchtime show, told the Sun: "This is a complete and utter nightmare.

"The fact that a person was using his BBC prestige and maybe even BBC dressing rooms to attack young children I find completely disgusting as a father of two young daughters.

"I cannot believe it happened for such a sustained period and on our doorstep."

Meanwhile another woman claimed he abused her while she was living at a Salvation Army women's home in Salford because she was unmarried and her family were ashamed of her.

Savile had a bedsit a few hundred yards away and was a regular visitor.

One said: "We were vulnerable, the lowest of the low. We were clearly pregnant and very young.

"We went to see him. He kissed us and tried to grope our breasts. I think we had asked for an autograph and he said we had to give him a kiss.

"He preyed on our vulnerability. Everyone needs to know how many people he has affected."

She reported the incident to Greater Manchester Police on Friday. They are probing complaints about Savile from at least two other women.