Savile investigation: 82-year-old man arrested on suspicion of sex offences

The 82-year-old man is the 11th to be arrested under Operation Yewtree.

13:05 31 March 2013

As part of the Jimmy Savile’s investigation, another 82-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences. The suspect, which remained unnamed, is the 11th to be arrested under Operation Yewtree – the Met’s investigation focused on alleged sexual offences by the former disc jockey and others.

A Scotland Yard spokesman revealed that the man was interviewed under caution on November 29, 2012 five days after a search warrant was executed at an address in Berkshire.

Reports confirmed that at least three men arrested will be charged. Some speculate that Freddie Starr would be included in the list. He was arrested in November after a woman supposedly complained about his alleged attempt to grope her when she was 14 years old in Jimmy Savile’s BBC changing room in 1974.

 

Another woman also had the same complaint , who said that allegedly Starr had a ‘very bad attack of wandering hands’ with her 40 years ago. Starr vehemently denied her claims.

Last month, Metropolitan Police report said that Savile, who was 84 when he died, had been one of the most prolific sex offenders in its 129-year history.