Jim'll fix it victim paid by BBC: 'I ran away but BBC security team took me back'

THE BBC has paid £15,000 to a fan of Jimmy Savile who was molested in Television Centre as a teenager after writing in to Jim’ll Fix It.

It is understood to be the first BBC settlement to be made public following the Savile scandal.

The victim, now 54, was a desperately unhappy child living in a care home when he wrote to Savile telling the DJ of the difficulties of growing up in the Northern Ireland Troubles.

In a heartfelt letter, he also confided to the then BBC star that he had been the victim of sexual abuse in the home and longed to meet Abba or Boney M on the hit show.

Savile responded by sending money to pay for the boy to travel to the studio but then handed him over to an accomplice who repeatedly molested him.  (more...)

Jim'll fix it victim paid by BBC: 'I ran away but BBC security team took me back'