BBC boss admits quizzing Savile
As police revealed the DJ and television presenter’s alleged catalogue of child sex abuse could have spanned six decades and included around 60 victims, Derek Chinnery, BBC Radio 1 controller from 1978 to 1985, admitted that he quizzed Savile directly about the rumours.
The scandal has mushroomed since ITV screened a documentary in which five women alleged they were abused by the late broad-caster, with Scotland Yard saying on Saturday there are allegations spanning 1959 to 2006.
