It has emerged Jimmy Savile had keys to a high-security hospital where he worked as a volunteer has been accused of abuse.
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Jimmy Savile had keys to a high-security hospital where he worked as a volunteer and has been accused of carrying out abuse.
The TV presenter helped out at Broadmoor, in Crowthorne, Berkshire,
from the 1960s and would have been able to access patients' rooms.
One victim claimed the Jim'll Fix It star shoved his hand up her
nightdress after walking in on a group of girls watching television.
Alison Pink, who has since had a sex change, told The Sun: "I felt
absolutely disgusting afterwards - like I had been used as a piece of
meat for his sexual gratification."
A statement from West London Mental Health NHS Trust, which now runs
Broadmoor, said the allegations related to a time when it was run as a
separate organisation.
Three police forces said on Thursday fresh allegations had been made
It added that procedures and protocols, including security arrangements, have changed significantly in the last decade.
It said: "We have not been approached by police or by any former
patients or their representatives with any allegations of abuse by the
late Jimmy Savile.
"If we are contacted by the police we will of course co-operate with any investigation involving the hospital.
"Jimmy Savile had keys because of his role as a volunteer at Broadmoor."
A Department of Health spokesman said: "These are extremely disturbing
allegations and we would expect any part of the NHS that is involved to
co-operate fully with any investigation."
It comes after three police forces confirmed fresh allegations had been made against Savile.
North Yorkshire Police said it had forwarded a claim of abuse from the
1980s in Scarborough to the Metropolitan Police, while Tayside Police
reported another claim about an historical incident in Liverpool.
Lancashire Police said it had received two allegations. One concerned a
girl then aged 14 in the 1960s in West Yorkshire; the other was about a
15-year-old girl in the 1980s in Bedfordshire.
Two hospital trusts also spoke of their "shock" at allegations of abuse on NHS premises.
A statement from Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust read: "We are
shocked to hear of the serious allegations about Jimmy Savile.
"We are unaware of any record or reports of inappropriate behaviour of this nature during Jimmy's work with the trust."
Allegations were also made about abuse at Leeds General Infirmary relating to incidents in the 1970s.
A spokesman for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said: "We are
shocked at the nature and extent of the very serious allegations made
against Jimmy Savile which were revealed by the Metropolitan Police on
Wednesday.
"At this stage we are not aware to what degree their investigation relates to incidents in Leeds."
