Moves to rein in lawsuits that protect the rich, powerful and wicked are decades, if not centuries, overdue
Anyone who has watched the new Netflix film Jimmy Savile: a British Horror Story will be asking how Savile got away with abusing children for decades – and why he wasn’t exposed earlier. As someone who spent years trying to expose him myself, I believe there are four key reasons.
First, institutions turned a blind eye because Savile was worth more to them than the victims were. Second, he built connections with the most powerful people in the country – the prime minister Margaret Thatcher and Prince Charles – which gave him protection. Third, he targeted vulnerable victims whose testimony would not stand up in court.
