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

[David Guyatt]

This is an interesting thing.

What other doors might it open though - not including the 8 officers who used to visit Savile's flat every Friday morning for chats and coffee? Etc?

Police watchdog to investigate claims officer 'acted on behalf' of Jimmy SavileWest Yorkshire inspector is said to have contacted Surrey police before they interviewed presenter over alleged sex crimes

Sandra Laville
The Guardian, Wednesday 16 October 2013 21.17 BST


The police watchdog is mounting an investigation into allegations an inspector intervened on behalf of Jimmy Savile during an inquiry into allegations he had sexually abused young girls.
The West Yorkshire officer, who has now retired, is accused of inappropriately contacting Surrey detectives before they interviewed Savile in 2009 in connection with the allegations.
The announcement came after a transcript of the interview was published by Surrey revealing how Savile bragged that he had "a collection" of police contacts in Leeds.
The celebrity told officers that he had been targeted with false claims by blackmailers, and said: "I have up in Yorkshire, where I live in Leeds, a collection of senior police persons who come to see me socially, but I give them all my weirdo letters."
The disgraced broadcaster was quizzed by officers for almost an hour over accusations that he forced one girl to touch his groin until he was "aroused", made another perform oral sex and stuck his tongue down a young girl's throat.
The former star remained defiant during the interview which took place at Stoke Mandeville hospital on 1 October 2009 boasting he had to fight off girls "like midges".
The Independent Police Complaints Commission saidon Wednesday it is to carry out an independent inquiry into the inspector, known as Inspector 5, and allegations that he "acted on behalf of Savile" because of his relationship with the celebrity.
The IPCC is also assessing the actions of nine police forces in their dealings with the BBC entertainer, who is believed to have sexually abused hundreds of victims during his career.
The watchdog said: "We have been assessing information to determine whether there are any matters requiring IPCC investigation, supplied by the following forces: West Yorkshire, Metropolitan Police Service, Surrey, Sussex, GMP, Lancashire, Thames Valley, North Yorkshire and Cheshire."
During the Surrey police interview, Savile dismissed allegations that he had sexually abused girls and talked of how he was the victim of women assaulting him.
"What you don't do is assault women, they assault you that's for sure," Savile said. Before the interview Inspector 5 allegedly contacted Surrey police in an attempt to speak on behalf of Savile.
Victims' groups have responded angrily to the details revealed in the full transcript of the interview the last chance to bring Savile to justice while he was alive.
Pete Saunders of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood said the language used by Savile indicated his hatred of young women.
"The transcript confirms the nature of the man," he said. "If you look between the lines you can see he hates women, and young women in particular."
West Yorkshire police's dealings with the celebrity were examined in an internal investigation, Operation Newgreen, conducted by the force. But last week it emerged that a senior officer Nick Gargan, chief constable of Avon and Somerset had raised serious questions about the impartiality of that investigation.
Gargan said in a letter that the West Yorkshire inquiry "does not have the look and feel of an independent report."
Operation Newgreen was published in May, he said, failed to give "independent assurance" and may have made the force appear defensive.
Gargan was asked to investigate whether West Yorkshire's assistant chief constable Ingrid Lee, who commissioned and oversaw the report, failed to declare her business relationship with serving and ex- colleagues.
The Newgreen report highlighted an "over-reliance on personal friendships" between Savile and some officers but concluded there was "no evidence" he was protected from arrest or prosecution.
Gargan wrote of Newgreen: "It seems clear to me that Operation Newgreen does not have the look and feel of an independent report. As I turned from one page to the next, I saw example after example of the author putting the case for WYP.The letter emerged after Jeremy Hunt announced that more hospitals may be investigated as part of inquiries into abuse by Savile on NHS premises.
New information has come to light relating to investigations across 13 institutions as well as "reference to other hospitals".
He has asked police to review all of the evidence before relevant information is passed on to investigators "as quickly as possible".