Paedophile Savile spoke about kidnapping Scottish women while being interviewed outside the Scottish Parliament.
Jimmy Saville
The horrifying moment where Jimmy Savile joked about kidnapping women in Edinburgh resurfaced as a BBC series shined a light on his horrific crimes.
Viewers were shocked watching Steve Coogan transform into Jimmy Savile for BBC The Reckoning. The four-part series left some viewers feeling “sick” and others describing Coogan’s performance as “skin crawling”.
It comes after a Netflix docuseries Jimmy Saville a British Crime Story lifted the lid on how the public figure was able to maintain such a dark and twisted secret life that didn’t come out until after he died, reports Edinburgh Live.
In episode two, the paedophile jokes about kidnapping Scottish women while being interviewed outside the Scottish Parliament.
Jimmy Savile(Image: Getty Images)
In response to what he gets up to in Scotland, he says to a young female presenter: “I might be jumping off things and kidnapping local ladies because I live in Glencoe.”
“And we rustle cattle up there and we also kidnap local ladies and sell them.”
Journalist Ian Hislop had said it was around this time he had started giving odd interviews, and people were beginning to ask ‘what are you doing?’
Written by Neil McKay and Jeff Pope, the drama includes input from many of the victims with the team working closely with those who were affected by Savile to ensure their experiences were told and reflected with sensitivity and respect.
The Netflix show looked into the crimes of the disgraced radio and TV personality Jimmy Savile across two episodes, analysing archive footage and old interviews.
It covers Savile as a national celebrity and his award of a knighthood in contrast to the crime he committed.
As well as, discussing the crimes he committed, highlighted in the joint Metropolitan Police and NSPCC report “Giving Victims a Voice”.
The vile paedophile died in 2011 aged 84, but it wasn’t until after his death that the real nature of his monstrous deeds arrived in the public consciousness.
Once thought of as an advocate for children, Savile made a career out of being a reliable and trustworthy face – much of his efforts focused on fundraising and he regularly appeared on the likes of Top of the Pops and Jim’ll Fix It.
Estimates reckon that Savile raised some £40 million during his life, much of which went into the Stoke Mandeville Hospital where he volunteered as a porter.
It would later transpire that Savile had used this position to sexually abuse more than 60 people in the facility’s care, including severely unwell eight-year-olds.
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