Jimmy Savile may have struck at hospital in Scotland
DETECTIVES are investigating claims Jimmy Savile committed three sex attacks in Scottish hospitals.
Police Scotland and the NHS are now carrying out detailed probes into whether the prolific offender committed as many as 20 shocking violations north of the Border.
The BBC disc jockey, who died in 2011, is believed to be one of the worst sex offenders in UK history, carrying out hundreds of assaults and rapes. There have even been claims of necrophilia.
Now, investigators have turned their attention to NHS institutions in Scotland after allegations made by victims were handed over to authorities.
Last week, it was revealed Savile subjected victims aged from five to 75 to horrific attacks over at least five decades on NHS property.
And in 2012, officers raided his Glen Coe cottage, Allt-na-reigh.
The property, which once hosted Prince Charles as a dinner guest, was swooped on by forensic officers who turned it over in search of clues to Savile’s lurid past.
Savile once involved himself with fundraising for Carstairs, even meeting local primary school pupils at Motherwell Town Hall as part of a charity initiative
While the police and the NHS have refused to be drawn on which hospitals are involved in the current probe, Savile took part in a number of events at Scottish institutions.
The disgraced “Jim’ll Fix It” presenter had links to the Crichton Royal psychiatric hospital in Dumfries and the State Hospital at Carstairs in the Seventies and Eighties.
And it is also believed he had access to Belford hospital in Fort William in the Highlands, which was close to his Scottish home.
Savile once involved himself with fundraising for Carstairs, even meeting local primary school pupils at Motherwell Town Hall as part of a charity initiative.
He also visited the hospital to open a sports day for patients along with TV presenter Arthur Montford.
A spokesman for Police Scotland: “At the present time, less than 20 referrals have been received which relate to Operation Yewtree crimes having occurred within Scotland, three of which relate to hospital settings. These inquiries are subject to ongoing investigations.”
Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham said: “I recognise that it is often a number of years before victims feel able to report such crimes, and would wish to give all assurances that these reports will be treated seriously regardless of the passage of time or status of the perpetrator.”
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Government said: “This is a matter for Police Scotland.”
