I am not sure that those claiming abuse only came out when compo was mentioned. That seems a fairly dismissive view of victims of abuse to me.
Proof or otherwise of these allegations is not affected whether SoVile is alive or dead - the facts and allegations remain, and given the historical nature of them I would imagine it would be all but impossible to find, for example, corroborative forensic evidence. The police, in publishing their report, have presumably satisfied themselves that ,at least for the majority of the allegations, that the witnesses seemed genuine and sincere and were able to prove that they were where they said they were etc.
I do have some reservations about the way that all of the allegations have been sort of lumped together - some will undoubtedly have been worse and more traumatic for the victim than others, but it seems undeniable that the central point is true - SoVile was an industrial scale pervert, both using and relying on his celebrity to affort opportunity and to deflect attention from the authorities.
The one statement I really did grate on the ear from the police was this comment about SoVile "Grooming the Nation" - Sounded like a soundbite quote from a cop with political ambitions - and if anyone was groomed, it was the establishment and the police, not the nation.
As for compensation - some of these victims suffered abuse on public property - BBC, NHS etc. For some, it seems a recognition of what happened to them and an apology was all they needed, but for others, whose life has been affected, the idea of some financial compensation does not seem wrong to me...