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Transcript
Surrey Police have released a transcript of an interview with Jimmy Savile, in which the entertainer repeatedly denied claims of abuse.
During the 2009 interview Savile said allegations against him had started in the 1950s by people “looking for a few quid, or story for the paper”.
The force said the Crown Prosecution Service decided there was insufficient evidence to prosecute Savile.
The late DJ is believed to have abused hundreds of victims during his career.
The interview was conducted at Savile’s office at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire on 1 October 2009.
‘Like midges’
Savile was asked about touching a young girl “sexually” over her clothes at Duncroft Children’s home in Staines in the 1970s, and forcing her to give him oral sex.
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