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Jimmy Savile was questioned by detectives investigating the Yorkshire Ripper murder, West Yorkshire Police confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\nJimmy Savile was questioned by detectives investigating the Yorkshire Ripper murder, West Yorkshire Police confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
A senior officer who worked on the inquiry revealed the disgraced DJ was a suspect in the notorious case more than 30 years ago on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
John Stainthorpe, a former detective with West Yorkshire Police, said the Leeds-born presenter was approached after an anonymous tip-off.<\/p>\n
Mr Stainthorpe, who spent 40 years in the force, told ITV’s Calendar News: “When the Ripper was really active, one of the suspects put forward by the public was, in fact, Jimmy Savile.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, it was not he, but he was interviewed along with many others.”<\/p>\n
He said the person who reported Savile was “aiming in the right direction”.<\/p>\n
“Child perverts soon become child killers,” he added.<\/p>\n
The police force confirmed Savile may have been questioned, but did not reveal when he was interviewed or why.<\/p>\n
A spokesman said: “As with thousands of other men in Leeds at the time, he may at some time have been approached by detectives on the investigation.<\/p>\n
“What is without doubt is that Savile was clearly not the Yorkshire Ripper.”<\/p>\n
Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women in 1981 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is held at Broadmoor and has been told he will never be freed.<\/p>\n
Sutcliffe has jumped to the defence of Savile, who he says befriended him during regular visits to the high security hospital.<\/p>\n
Dismissing claims the late DJ abused around 300 victims over six decades, he said those making allegations were “jumping on the bandwagon”.<\/p>\n
Savile, who died a year ago aged 84, is now believed to be one of the UK’s most prolific child abusers.<\/p>\n
It comes after he was linked to fresh allegations of abuse at a care home in north Wales.<\/p>\n
The Sun newspaper claimed boys were molested for his “entertainment” at Bryn Estyn in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
Lawyers representing the disgraced DJ’s alleged victims have said they have notified his estate executors, the BBC and three hospitals that they plan to launch damage claims against them.<\/p>\n
The former presenter’s \u00a34m estate has already been frozen by executors NatWest.<\/p>\n
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