UPWARDS OF 50 people who were abused by Jimmy Savile are to seek compensation from the BBC and the National Health Service (NHS).
The victims, who are represented by the lawyer Liz Dux, are to also seek compensation from the late-presenters estate.
Yesterday’s report by the Metropolitan Police Service and the NSPCC detailed Savile’s litany of abuses, which included, in all, 214 offences, including 34 rapes.
Speaking on behalf of the victims she represents, Dux said that at this stage “compensation is the only thing we can really do for them”, according to RTÉ. She went on to say:
It is for getting their stories out there to get them believed and to prevent it from happening again. You don’t do it for the money.
A number of hospitals in which the victims were resident at the time of the abuse are also believed to be included on the list of organisations from which compensation will be sought.
Dux stated, however, that none of the claims would be pursued until all inquiries into Savile’s conduct had concluded.
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