Jimmy Savile’s victims could be offered as little as £1,500 each in compensation by the BBC.The paltry sum is the lowest of the seven tiers of payments to victims of the DJ and presenter proposed by the
It is about the same amount as the BBC’s director general is paid in a single day.
The £1,500 payment would be made to those who suffered a ‘minor assault’ at the hands of the paedophile, who preyed on youngsters in his dressing room and backstage.
The highest payment – only £40,000 – would go to those who were raped by Savile. One of his victims, who did not want to be named, described the BBC proposal as ‘pathetic’, adding: ‘Their top bosses get that kind of money in a few hours and they think it will compensate for a lifetime of psychological trauma? Put another couple of noughts on the end, people might be satisfied.’
Savile, who died in October 2011 aged 84, attacked hundreds of children he met at the BBC and at hospitals, charity events and schools.
Police believe the Top of the Pops and Jim’ll Fix It presenter attacked at least 1,300 people over the course of 54 years.
A year after his reign of terror was exposed the NSPCC children’s charity is still taking calls from people he targeted. Scotland Yard says Savile spent ‘every waking minute’ thinking about abusing children, and used his celebrity status to that end. (more...)
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