I never did like Jimmy Saville and I always found his 'touchy-feely' behaviour on his television programmes a bit nauseating, but I did not think of him as a serial child molester and rapist. The recent revelations about his activities over a period of more than 40 years have, therefore, come as something of a surprise.
While surprise is obviously one feeling, shock, disgust and disbelief follow swiftly. How on earth did this man manage to carry on his perverted behaviour without anyone in positions of authority knowing ? Why did none of his victims complain decades ago, when they were first assaulted ? Who else in his circle was acting in a similar fashion ?
The police have said that that they have now received many allegations against Saville and are pursuing 120 lines of investigation. They have also suggested that others, presumably figures in the same entertainment world inhabited by Saville, may also be implicated. Whatever horrors are eventually uncovered, this story should serve to remind us all to be on our guard against complacency when it comes to flamboyant and apparently caring and generous people.
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