The home that once belonged to one of the UK’s most prolific paedophiles Jimmy Savile has been torn down.
The disgraced broadcaster’s Roundhay Park area apartment in Leeds was his home for more than 30 years and it is a place where some have accused him of molesting children but those allegations have not been proved.
As one of the BBC’s most famous presenters, Savile featured on programmes including ‘Top Of The Pops’ and ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ but since his death in 2011, aged 84, it has been discovered the star used his fame and celebrity to prey on hundreds of vulnerable victims – some as young as two years old.
In 2013 Scotland Yard labelled Savile a “prolific, predatory” sex offender after its investigation reveals 214 criminal offences across 28 police forces, between 1955 and 2009. The report was titled, Giving Victims a Voice, at it found that found that 73 per cent of the TV stars victims were children.
According to reports, Savile kept two crucifixes on his bedside table, while TV memorabilia was scattered throughout his home.
Savile used his fame to visit schools and hospitals where he would have access to vulnerable victims.
Journalist Louis Theroux was one man who was able to see inside Savile’s apparetment when he was alive. The flat featured on ‘When Jimmy Met Louis’, a 2000 documentary into Savile’s life and in the years since Theroux has berated himself for not picking up on the DJ and TV presenter seedy lies.
While Savile’s secretary for three decades told The Guardian that the documentary-makers were fooled by a “good liar.”
The serial sex abuser lived on the penthouse of the Roundhay Park building and after his death it fell into a dilapidated state then sold for £250,000 in February 2013, reports the Yorkshire Post.
The flat’s new owners have sought permission to replace the building with a new penthouse floor.
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