And by contrast, from Savile's own autobiography (written in 1974) we have him writing about an incident at the Mecca Locarno ballroom in Leeds, where he worked as a DJ, when a female police officer came in with a photograph of "an attractive girl who had run away from a remand home".

Savile wrote:

"'Ah,' says I all serious, 'if she comes in I'll bring her back tomorrow but I'll keep her all night first as my reward'."

He then wrote that the girl did go into the club and:

"agreed that I hand her over if she could stay at the dance, and come home with me".

He wrote that he did then hand her over to the:

"lady of the law, who was dissuaded from bringing charges against me by her colleagues, for it was well known that were I to go down I would probably take half the station with me".


Not convicting him without a trial or anything, but it's telling that back in 1974 he felt so secure that he didn't even bother to hide his liking for "young girls".