- Sir Peter Fahy says that too many victims are blamed for their ordeals
- ‘Prosecutors and police are cautious in taking cases to court,’ he said
- A new inquiry reveal 1964 allegation against Jimmy Savile ignored by police
- Report linked DJ with young girls at a children’s home in Staines, Surrey
- Two later allegations against the late star were also ignored
One of Britain’s most senior policemen today warned a new generation of ‘Jimmy Saviles’ could thrive as the UK’s legal system puts too much pressure on rape victims.
Sir Peter Fahy said the UK’s courts had become ‘adversarial’ towards men and women who suffer sexual abuse and ‘exploited weaknesses in their behaviour’ to blame them for their ordeals
The 53-year-old Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police also said children’s homes would have to be turned into prisons and carers to become wardens to stop runaway girls going missing and falling into the hands of grooming sex gangs.
It came as Jimmy Savile’s decades of abuse could have been stopped nearly 50 years ago, a damning inquiry revealed today.
Documents show potentially vital intelligence about his sex crimes was buried in 1964 because he was a celebrity. The earliest known allegation against the DJ was discovered in a Scotland Yard Paedophile Unit ledger dating back to that year.
Abuse: DJ Jimmy Savile presenting Top of the Pops in 1976, more than a decade after the first reports of his predatory behaviour
This afternoon Sir Peter Fahy suggested a new police national HQ should be created to deal with paedophiles operating across the country – and thereby dodge issues over police force boundaries.
Sir Peter, himself a father of four, highlighted the case of violionist Frances Andrade, 48, who committed suicide after being cross examined over her sex abuse ordeal at the hands of her former teacher at the Chethams School of Music in Manchester.
