Jimmy Savile report 'tears the BBC apart': Victims' fury as findings are secretly handed to Corporation bosses
- The £5million inquiry, led by Dame Janet Smith, was completed in May
- Publication has been delayed several times due to ongoing inquiries
- Questions over why BBC senior management have seen it before victims
The findings of the Jimmy Savile inquiry are secretly circulating among BBC bosses – but have yet to be shown to victims.
Sources
say the long-delayed independent report ‘tears the BBC apart’ and is
‘much worse than expected’. In particular, it is said to show that abuse
on the Corporation’s premises was far more widespread than previously
feared during the period Savile worked there.
BBC
chiefs are also braced for severe criticism over its failure to act on
rumours of Savile’s behaviour towards children and young people.
Abuse: The BBC is accused of failing to act on rumours about Jimmy Savile in the report
Publication
of the report has been postponed several times, most recently at the
request of the Metropolitan Police, owing to ‘on-going’ sexual abuse
investigations.
The
£5million inquiry, led by Dame Janet Smith, was set up in 2012 and was
completed in May, but there is still no indication of when its findings
will be made public. Last night one MP likened the delay to the Iraq
inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot, which has dragged on for six years.
Liz
Dux, a lawyer at the firm representing 169 of Savile’s victims, who are
already angry at the delays, said the latest development will cause
further disquiet.
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