Jimmy Savile arrested

What if evidence had come out about Savile's abuse and he was arrested in the late 80s/early 90s?
 
It's possible to imagine something happening when Childline was opened (founded 1986 according to Wikipedia). What's more difficult is imagining the reaction. I'm sure it would have polarised the country between "It's a lie. He does a lot of great work for charity!" and "The dirty old nonce should swing.

I suppose it ultimately depends on whether Fleetstreet turns against him.
 
What would be interesting is how the BBC and Thatcher et al. are affected. I can see Labour getting a win in the 90 elections due to the fact that Thatcher had given him control over Broadmoor, and I can see confidence in the BBC take a nosedive as the details of Savile's crimes come to light.
 
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
 
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
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.
 
Probably some of the victims would have the Stockholm Syndrome, and may even come to defend that beast.
 
How many charges would he be found guilty of where he still alive? How much evidence is there to convict him on?

And then you got guess what the court does.
 
I can see Savile being arrested on one case, and further details could come to light with further investigation.
 

Nick P

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I've been thinking about this lately and wondered what would happen if a certain TV detective had caught him in the act...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf17YKJZv3w

More seriously, WI a BBC camera crew get wind of Savile's behaviour and are disgusted enough to secretly set up a hidden camera in his dressing room hoping to catch him in the act? That sort of video, added to numerous complaints from previous victims, plus public outrage should be enough to put him away for a very long time.

Not sure if a camera lens was small enough to be hidden like that back then but if not, all it might take is for him to forget to lock the door and someone important walks in...
Like Eamonn Andrews with a This Is Your Life TV crew broadcasting live to the nation :eek:
 
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.
 
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.

The issue is to 'prove' they were true, you'd need a trial, and you can't try a dead man, so they'll never be 'proved' under English law. (I think that's the way it works, but I may be wrong)
 
An injunction.

Strictly speaking, I think he's referring to a superinjunction (Ryan Giggs was the footballer BTW) - one where nobody is even allowed to mention the injunction exists, never mind who sought it and what it's for. And yes, I can definitely see Savile getting one.

On the issue of proof - it's still possible that some people may yet be convicted for either assisting Savile or covering up for him. That's probably as close as you'll get now he's dead.
 
The Wiki article says there was 400 allegations, now I'm not a lawyer, but that's not the same as him being guilty:

Well there is this sort of small problem with bringing him to trial in so far as he's dead, so his guilt will never be proven in a court. The police, the CPS, and other official bodies besides have documented his crimes and have satisfied themselves that the hundreds of allegations against the man do add up to something substantive though.

All these repeated threads about Saville on this board are morbid, in bad taste, and I very much hope they go away soon.
 
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