Police: TV host Jimmy Savile exploited fame to abuse children on vast scale
British radio disc jockey, television star and charity fund-raiser Sir Jimmy Savile poses for a photo at Buckingham Palace, London, after receiving the Order of the British Empire in 1972. Since his death a year ago at age 84, Savile has been knocked off his perch as a national treasure, accused of being a predatory pedophile who used his fame and position to abuse youngsters, sometimes on BBC premises.
Laura Smith-Spark,
CNN
Updated 3:36 PM EST,
Fri January 11, 2013
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Savile used his celebrity to "hide in plain sight" and targeted the vulnerable, police say
He is accused of offenses across 40 years while working as a BBC presenter
Police say 73% of his victims were children; 214 crimes are recorded, including rapes
Prosecutors say police could have done more to investigate Savile in his lifetime
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