Sir Jimmy Savile...

[sandyRoe]

Can they take the knighthood back?

http://www.mirror.co....ile-according-1218690

[DTCwordfan]

Why am I not surprised?

The only time that I have ever seen him in the flesh was in the Deep Throat Hotel, sorry Queen's Moat, in Glasgow with the Lord Mayor.....his behaviour was so boorish that it was highly embarrassing......... I was never his biggest fan, if at all, the only one worse being the Rev Ian Paisley on a return flight from Nairobi and we couldn't get off the BA cigar tube........

[petal54]

why now?

[kat2206]

Petal, sometimes a victim of sexual abuse won't "come out" and talk until they know the person that did it cannot hurt them anymore... Trust me.

[Ann]

How do we know these girls are telling the truth? I have known several who have made false allegations like this and ruined lives ............

[237SJ]

<<why now..?
Because it`s coming up to the one year anniversary of his death. I know he`s not here to defend himself but if there is any truth to the allegations, I wouldn`t be a bit surprised. He always struck me as one of those immature men who was tied to his mummy`s apron strings and couldn`t form normal relationships with real women in the real world. I always found him a bit scary when I was a kid and a kid`s instincts can be very accurate sometimes.

[Maydup]

As a child he gave me the creeps.
As an adult I felt I wanted to protect people from him.

Just a feeling I had and no amount of fundraising and good deads would compensate.

[jno]

I'm pretty sure the allegations were around at the time. I think the documentary was originally going to be screened shortly after his death but they hung onto it for a while.

[Euphemia]

I shared 237SJ and Maidup's misgivings about him.

[Just-Jude]

Jimmy and all the angels will be looking down from heaven with tears in their eyes, he loved children.

[jackthehat]

That seems to be the problem....

[sherrardk]

Just-Jude - do you have a handy bucket that I can be sick in to?

[B00]

"he loved children. "

Hehe!

[tonyav]

Hey Jude, don't make it bad take a sad song and make it better.

[friedgreentomato]

I said at the time that bloke gave me the heebie jeebies and I was shouted down!! He may have done a lot for charity but at what cost!!!

[237SJ]

I remember the allegations about Gary Glitter that came to light when he was caught with images on his computer. There were quite harrowing tales from some of his daughter`s friends about what he did to them. Many years had passed and there was not enough evidence to convict him. I suspect the same situation will arise as to Jimmy Savile`s reputation. Stories will abound, his reputation will suffer but there will also be people who choose to ignore the stories and continue to respect his charity work. There won`t be any conclusive evidence but mud sticks. He`ll remain an enigma.

[Sqad]

Good old AB........Megan Stammer's story with boyfriend is almost history.....now give Sir Jimmy a kicking.

[maggiebee]

He always gave me the creeps but he's not around to defend himself. Maybe if people had spoken up sooner - or indeed the police had paid more attention perhaps we wouldn't be having this discussion today.

[Euphemia]

I agree maggiebee. However there was a time when such occurrences were not talked about.

[craft1948]

In the 60's he used to travel through York every Sunday afternoon on his way back from his mum's in Scarborough to his flat in Leeds. In the summer he'd have the top down on the Rolls and wave to all the teenagers, he actually used to say "Hi all you guys and gals". We all used to think "What a Salads Chef".

[joeluke]

Even if he was a paedo there's nowt anyone can do about it now, alleged victims have had 30+ years to come forward and have their day in court but obviously haven't.....then suddenly he dies and a queue forms