20% rise in reports of historic offences to Devon and Cornwall Police following Savile scandal

UNITED KINGDOM
Express and Echo

High profile sexual abuses cases including that of disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile have led to a 20% rise in reports of historic offences to Devon and Cornwall Police.

Savile, now exposed as a predatory paedophile, is thought to have targeted hundreds of youngsters across the country in attacks spanning from 1955 to 2009.

Investigations have been launched into complaints that four youngsters were abused by the star during visits to the Royal Marines’ prestigious Commando Training Centre at Lympstone, in East Devon. Another attack is said to have taken place at a mental health facility in Exeter in 1970.

Intense publicity surrounding Savile’s case, and investigations into other well-known celebrities, have seen the number of historic reports of abuse rocket.

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