Lest We Forget!

More revelations about the scumbag Savile have come to light this week.

If you are reading this and are not from Britain, Savile or "So Vile" as he has become known, was supposed to be a DJ back in the sixties and seventies. He was also a fundraiser for many charities, and worked on a famous children's TV show called Jim'll Fix It!

He was an all-round good guy, except for the fact that he was a predatory paedophile who had free access to hospital wards and mortuaries, where he regularly raped and abused helpless children and, if the stories are to be believed, also practised necrophilia. Honest, no one tried to stop him even though he was reported many times for being a 'sex pest'. He was a pervert, let's not gloss over it, but unfortunately, he's dead and cannot be brought to justice. But the people in charge of the hospitals can, they knew about the rumours but did nothing to stop him. Who the hell has a free pass without challenge in a hospital? He even had his own flat in one of the hospital grounds: why?

Innocent children were left in the care of those hospitals, so whoever ignored the complaints about him is, as far as I'm concerned, as guilty as him. By their neglect, they inflicted untold damage to young children.

I'm writing a horror story at the moment, (Death's Door) and I'm having to think about gruesome things, but even I couldn't come up with the story about him entering a child's bedroom alone late at night, again unchallenged. The child was paralysed from the neck down and unable to move, so Savile started to kiss and fondle the poor child. The fact that it was said he used his tongue when kissing the child revolted me the most. A sixty-year-old man with a paralysed child, there's a thing of nightmares!

But having said this, we have also heard this week about Cliff Richard, and that he, too, is under investigation. I remember seeing the circus of the police raiding his house and going through his belongings. His name has been put out there and the accusations have been announced for all to hear and pronounce him guilty. Remember, these are only accusations; he has not been to court and, as we have seen of late, there have been lots of false claims against people in the public eye.

I don't know if he is guilty or not, but we had best let the courts decide that. Remember that thing we like to boast about in a democracy, innocent until proven guilty?

All this brings me to the real reason for this blog. In a week of claims and accusations about who raped who, and who had sex with who, why has the accusation about Prince Andrew disappeared? If Cliff Richard had his house and his life turned upside down, then why hasn't he? A paedophile is a paedophile, and any accusations should be checked out thoroughly. Though I don't think names should be released until they are proven guilty. There was an allegation against him for having sex with an under-aged girl, then the palace sent him away on 'Royal Duties' and no more has been said about it! If this country is a true democracy, if we are all equal, then he should have his house invaded by police as the cameras stand outside and film it. That is what has happened to everyone else who has been accused lately. I personally think the theatre around these cases does nothing for the victims or for the justice system. But with Prince Andrew as with Savile, it does smack of the powers that be closing ranks and hiding facts. Remember, it wasn't long ago when information about MP's abusing children was 'lost'. We seem to have forgotten this. This is institutional paedophilia, It seems you can get away with anything in this country if you are born into the right family, or have the right connections.

Stop the theatre and the spectator sport of who is guilty. Stop releasing names of people who have not yet been found guilty. And investigate all accusations thoroughly, and bring the perpetrators to justice no matter who or what they are. There is no place in a civilised society for people who abuse the young and the frail, irrespective of their title!