Serial paedophile Jimmy Savile offered his “services” to detectives during the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper a report into West Yorkshire Police’s dealings with the inquiry revealed yesterday.
The DJ and television personality volunteered to act as a go-between with “the Ripper” should the man who terrorised Yorkshire streets wish to speak with officers through a third party.
The internal inquiry dubbed Operation Newgreen looked into claims that Savile was a “person of interest” during attempts to catch Bradford multiple murderer Peter Sutcliffe in the 1970s.
It found that many records has been destroyed, but did find thousands of record cards with information about men who had been spoken to.
Analysis of Savile’s horrific history of sex crimes showed his youngest victim in West Yorkshire was five years old.
Only one of the 68 victims, who have come forward, was from the Bradford district, with 72 of the 76 recorded crimes being in Leeds.
West Yorkshire’s Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Ingrid Lee yesterday said she was very disappointed that no action was taken against Savile during his lifetime.
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