Marcus Parks

It's all about control because with Jimmy Savile, even he benefits from that sort of system where everyone's on their own because if you're on your own, there ain't nobody there to protect you and Jimmy Savile can swoop in

And fuck you up.

Yeah, I mean, every single person that Jimmy Savile came into contact with, his first question was always, how can I use this person?

And if he couldn't use them, then he had no use.

Then he wouldn't be around them.

He wouldn't bring them into his inner circle.

And that's why Fletcher loved him, because she was there to use him.

Yep.

Now, the great irony here is that Jimmy Savile, the so-called altruistic private citizen, was effectively acting as the boogeyman of the British government's National Health Services.

And this, of course, was while Margaret Thatcher was using Jimmy Savile as an example of how the British were perfectly capable of taking care of each other without governmental help.

See, by the mid-1970s, Jimmy Savile had become a recurring nightmare within the NHS system, a monster who could appear at any moment to sexually abuse and psychologically destroy any young girl in the NHS's care.

For example, in 1977, a 12-year-old girl was sent to Stoke Mandeville Hospital for the simple procedure of having her tonsils removed.

No spinal injuries, no debilitating conditions, just routine surgery.

Because the spinal part of the hospital, that was just part of Stoke Mandeville.

Stoke Mandeville is like a massive hospital.

Yeah, it's a big complex.

I think it's Birmingham.

But after the procedure, the girl was put in the geriatric ward because the children's ward was full.

And that's where Jimmy Savile, at 51 years old, found her alone and vulnerable.

Draped in gold chains, dressed in a tracksuit, and chomping on his trademark cigar, Jimmy Savile approached the 12-year-old and positioned himself between her legs without saying a word.