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

[Jan Klimkowski]

Oh look - MSM starting to catch up, but still ignoring the 64,000 lb gorilla.

Jimmy Savile linked with Haut de la Garenne children's home scandal

Lenny Harper, former child abuse investigator, says he believes Savile was involved in indecent assault at Jersey institution

Josh Halliday
guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 October 2012 19.15 BST

The former head of the Jersey child-abuse investigation at Haut de la Garenne said he now suspects that Sir Jimmy Savile was implicated in the scandal.

Lenny Harper said he has "no reason to doubt" that Savile was involved in indecent assault at the notorious Jersey children's home, despite there being insufficient evidence to question the Jim'll Fix It star at the time.

His testimony came as a solicitor who acted for victims of child abuse in Jersey told the Guardian that a handful of former Haut de la Garenne residents, both women and men, now claim they were assaulted by Savile in the 1970s.

The States of Jersey police confirmed last week that Savile was investigated as part of the 2008 inquiry into abuse at the children's home. That followed claims from a former Haut de la Garenne resident that Savile was involved in an indecent assault in the 1970s. The late BBC entertainer, who died last year aged 84, was never charged with any abuse offences.

Harper, who led the three-year child abuse probe, told the Guardian: "It's no big surprise to me about Savile and Jersey and it's not a surprise that a lot of the victims have come forward now.

"There definitely wasn't enough even to question him at the time, but in light of all the evidence that has come out, then I'm not surprised because it fits perfectly the profile of what was going on."

Asked whether he now believed Savile abused children at the home, Harper said: "I've no reason to doubt that he was involved."

He added that Jersey police did not receive any specific allegations of abuse against Savile in 2008, and that he was not one of the 18 main suspects being investigated.

Savile initially denied he had visited Haut de la Garenne when questioned by the Sun in 2008. He later agreed that he had after a photograph emerged of him in front of a building believed to be the children's home in St Martin.

Harper said the photograph, which shows Savile sitting on a lawn with more than a dozen children next to a sign that reads "Jim Fixed It For Us", did not greatly trouble police at the time, given the scale of their investigation.

Alan Collins, a solicitor for several Haut de la Garenne victims, said a handful of former residents had now made abuse allegations about Savile.

He said Savile's name was mentioned several times during the police investigation of 2008 but that the evidence did not seem to stack up.

Collins added: "During the case, Savile's name was mentioned several times. There was annoyance amongst some former residents that Savile had denied ever being at Haut de la Garenne when they clearly remembered him and were able to give a lot of circumstantial evidence to back this up. Moreover, a number of them produced a photograph showing them posing with Savile in what I am told are the gardens of the home.

"Many remember Savile visiting Jersey and in particular Haut de la Garenne circa 1969 and 1976. Amongst the various accounts of these visits were allegations of sexual abuse. At the time they seemed difficult to comprehend and my understanding is that the police had a similar experience although they possibly only investigated one account."

What was Haut de la Garenne about?

Was it just about Jim getting another cigar to stick in his stinking, puss-ridden, mouth?

Savile was known to say that he did not like children. One might add, not even when buggering them.

Paedophilia is always about Power.

The abuser gets off on his aura of omnipotence, on the terror he provokes, on his ability to be like God.

But Power is hierarchical.

Savile was protected by his celebrity status and his charity work. But that can't shut down police investigations.

Sir Jimmy Savile OBE, Papal Knight, Esteemed Member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Haut de la Garenne..... Kincora Boys Home.... Islington care homes.... Casa Pia..... Dutroux and the Belgian horrors.... Franklin......

Power. Leverage. Influence.