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Jimmy Saville<\/p>\nPaedophile Savile spoke about kidnapping Scottish women while being interviewed outside the Scottish Parliament.Jimmy Saville<\/p>\n
The horrifying moment where Jimmy Savile joked about kidnapping women in Edinburgh resurfaced as a BBC series shined a light on his horrific crimes.<\/a><\/p>\n Viewers were shocked watching Steve Coogan transform into Jimmy Savile<\/a> for BBC The Reckoning. The four-part series left some viewers feeling “sick” and others describing Coogan’s performance as “skin crawling”.<\/p>\n 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.<\/a><\/p>\n In episode two, the paedophile<\/a> jokes about kidnapping Scottish women while being interviewed outside the Scottish Parliament.<\/p>\n In response to what he gets up to in Scotland<\/a>, he says to a young female presenter: “I might be jumping off things and kidnapping local ladies because I live in Glencoe.”<\/p>\n “And we rustle cattle up there and we also kidnap local ladies and sell them.”<\/p>\n Journalist Ian Hislop had said it was around this time he had started giving odd interviews<\/a>, and people were beginning to ask ‘what are you doing?’<\/p>\n 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<\/a> to ensure their experiences were told and reflected with sensitivity and respect.<\/p>\n The Netflix show looked into the crimes of the disgraced radio and TV personality Jimmy Savile<\/a> across two episodes, analysing archive footage and old interviews.<\/p>\n It covers Savile<\/a> as a national celebrity and his award of a knighthood in contrast to the crime he committed.<\/p>\n As well as, discussing the crimes<\/a> he committed, highlighted in the joint Metropolitan Police and NSPCC report “Giving Victims a Voice”.<\/p>\n The vile paedophile<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Once thought of as an advocate for children, Savile<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Estimates reckon that Savile<\/a> raised some \u00a340 million during his life, much of which went into the Stoke Mandeville Hospital where he volunteered as a porter.<\/p>\n It would later transpire that Savile had used this position to sexually abuse more than 60 people in the facility’s<\/a> care, including severely unwell eight-year-olds.<\/p>\n Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.<\/p>\n You’ll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.<\/p>\n No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.<\/p>\n![\"Jimmy](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756678065_249_1_CapturePNG.png\")
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