I'd say it's more that children were less likely to be taken seriously back then rather than it wasn't seen as such a bad thing. In that respect it's not that different to countries were Rape victims are often ignored but if a case does get to court the Rapist faces all sorts of horrible Punishments if the Mob doesn’t get them first, a Bit like India recently.The thing is, paedophillia was no where near as hated in the 80s as it is now - there was even a group in the late 70s/early 80s openly campaigning for paedophile rights. The earlier he gets caught, the less likely it is that it gets taken seriously
Your best bet is that the complaints made in 2009 are taken seriously
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile#After_his_death
The Wiki article says there was 400 allegations, now I'm not a lawyer, but that's not the same as him being guilty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegation
In which case if a court can't find him guilty then he might be able to get one of those things what's that footballers name got to make everyone stop defaming him.
If someone could please point me to somewhere that says where the allegations actually were proved to be true, in which case a court could convict him were he still alive.
In which case if a court can't find him guilty then he might be able to get one of those things what's that footballers name got to make everyone stop defaming him.
An injunction.
The Wiki article says there was 400 allegations, now I'm not a lawyer, but that's not the same as him being guilty: