Savile, Harris and Hall were recognised across the nation for their high profile work. The report found he abused at least 21 victims, eight of whom were girls under the age of 16. The 2016 Dame Janet Smith report also looked to Hall's offending, which found that he took advantage of young people for sexual purposes, and held "elocution lessons" at the BBC, which were used as a cover for sex. The Australian children's entertainer, now 91, was viewed as a national treasure before his arrest, presenting BBC shows such as Hey Presto It's Rolf, Rolf Harris' Cartoon Time and Animal Hospital in the mid 1990s. One conviction was later overturned on appeal in 2017. Rolf Harris was arrested as part of Operation Yewtree, and later sentenced in 2014 to five years and nine months in jail for 12 counts of indecent assault on four girls between 19. The entertainer who painted the Queen and played at Glastonbury The last incident was in 2006, at the final recording of Top of the Pops.Īn NSPCC report found that at least 500 girls and boys were abused by the evil man. In 2016, a report by Dame Janet Smith identified 72 people who were the victims of sexual crimes while he worked at the BBC, the youngest being just 10. Savile assaulted victims in NHS hospital over several decades, including Leeds General Infirmary and Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Peter Watt, of the NSPCC said it was clear "Savile cunningly built his entire life into gaining access to vulnerable children."
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