UNITED KINGDOM
Yorkshire Post
THE police watchdog today launched an investigation into claims that a senior West Yorkshire officer acted on behalf of disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile before he was questioned over alleged sex crimes.
The allegations refer to the former inspector officer having inappropriately contacted Surrey Police ahead of a police interview with Savile in 2009 – the details of which were published for the first time last night.
Claims were referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission earlier this year that the officer, known as Inspector 5, had contacted Surrey Police before its detectives interviewed Savile in 2009, and today the watchdog announced its own investigation.
The announcement came after a transcript of the interview was published by Surrey, revealing how Savile bragged that he had “a collection” of police contacts in Leeds.
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