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| Probe: A former inspector accused of 'acting on behalf' of Jimmy Savile by contacting Surrey Police officers before they interviewed the paedophile presenter is being formally investigated |
The West Yorkshire-based officer is alleged to have contacted Surrey Police before its detectives interviewed Savile in 2009.
Transcripts of the interviews – released by the force this week – provoked anger as they appeared to show detectives adopting a kid-glove approach to the DJ and paedophile who was being accused of sexually assaulted girls at a school in Staines during the 1970s.
During the interviews, Savile also boasted of his ‘collection’ of police contacts in Leeds.
The disgraced broadcaster told detectives that he had been targeted with false claims by blackmailers, and said: ‘I have up in Yorkshire, where I live in Leeds, a collection of senior police persons who come to see me socially, but I give them all my weirdo letters.’
The informal meetings between Savile and police at his flat in Leeds were known as the ‘Friday Morning Club’.
But it has emerged that the interview took place months after the West Yorkshire inspector first contacted Surrey Police over their plans to quiz Savile about the ‘historic’ sex allegations.
The officer told Surrey Police that he knew the DJ ‘personally’ and allegedly brokered the interview with Savile.
A previously released Surrey Police report on its dealings with Savile referred to the officer as ‘Inspector 5’, and said he had phoned the force as it tried to set up an interview with him over the sex claims.
Last night the Independent Police Complaints Commission revealed that a preliminary probe had been launched into the claims but this would now become a full investigation. (more...)
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