That's interesting. I wonder what has taken them so long. It seems pretty clear from MWT's
IMDb filmography that he had little or no journalistic experience, having just presented two previous TV programmes, when he presented his Savile programmes and instead had a background of advising police dramas. His
IMDb bio and the choice of two personal quotes are also interesting and perhaps revelatory of how he perceives himself, if he wrote the bio/chose the quotes.
This article from his website suggests to me that he sees himself as a real-life Boyd from Waking the Dead, examining "cold cases" like Jimmy Savile and unsolved murders. He also seems to prefer using the word "detective" with reference to his police career, calling himself a "
former police detective" rather than a "former
police officer" or "former
police constable". "Detective" seems to be more the kind of thing you would hear in a police drama, unless the police do routinely refer to themselves like that.
The Mail on Sunday have already published an article about the
fake Surrey police letter given to the BBC by one of MWT's ex approved school sources (Fiona) in his Savile programme and being a reason for the BBC to drop their planned investigation into Jimmy Savile, another referring to another Duncroft source's (Karin Ward, who didn't appear in MWT's programme but was interviewed by the BBC) prison term for
chequebook fraud. Another of MWT's sources in his programme was Wilfred De'Ath, a self-confessed
conman. How reliable were the sources? Would a properly trained and responsible journalist really have run with the Savile allegations? Instead of investigating them, journalists seem to have sat back and enjoyed/promoted the story, even giving MWT an award for his programme. What are the chances of scores of
adults failing to report
actual crimes on their person by one
unrelated individual to the police for
decades? What are the chances of even a handful of people going to the police with reports of actual crime and being turned away, with no record being kept of their visit? As far as I'm aware, only one person reported him, then failed to pursue their complaint (
source), but the police had kept a record of it. I think the Savile allegations are built on sand and have given the green light to chancers everywhere that they can falsely accuse someone of historic sex offences and get a compensation payout. There could be a firestorm of false allegations going on, with journalists sitting back and warming themselves in the glow.
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