They just grabbed hold of my ear and put me in a cell. This time, he opened up the school to girls. The operation was conducted over eighteen months against a group of 12 men, but unlike other child abuse cases being investigated, detectives conducting the investigations made several critical errors in regards to the allegations made, the treatment of those accused, and the evidence supplied to them, and failed to find sufficient evidence to support the accusations against the group. There were about 15 pupils at the school when Gail joined in 1975, not long after Mounts trial. During the documentary, five women made allegations of sexual abuse against Savile. Mount was arrested, kept in custody for seven days and charged with 27 offences against 12 boys. When the young boy refused to participate, he was knocked unconscious and awoke to find his headmaster abusing him. After a period of assessment, it became a full criminal investigation, involving inquiries into living people, notably other celebrities,[1] as well as Savile. In 2012, Jimmy Saviles prolific sex abuse against children - and the failure of various organisations, including the BBC, to tackle it - came to light. Philip had been known as a troublemaker on the estate where he lived with his parents in Seacroft, Leeds, and he often played truant. After hearing the girls evidence, Justice Stephen Brown ruled they had made up the allegations. I feel dreadfully awful. I walked into a hall with big windows and I turned to my mum to say I didnt want to stay., The last thing nine-year-old Stephen recalls seeing out of those windows was his mother driving away: She just jumped in the car and left. The sight of Jack Mount in court was a pitiful one. There was at least one child, Kevin Cook, who said that Savile and another man had sexually abused him when he visited the BBC studio for Jimll Fix It. His [the magistrates] take, obviously, is that he didnt believe any of them were criminal offences. She has been traumatised by what happened and has to sleep with the television and lights on. Philip and Amadu ran away time and time again, walking three miles to Craven Arms police station, or if it was shut, trekking another four to Ludlow. Perhaps particularly so for high-profile people who will be hounded by the press and face endless public speculation, with all the extra strains on their mental health, relationships and employment that this brings. Both Stephen Hesketh and Steve Williams were approached while doing chores in the barn. Her dad was in prison, her mum had abandoned her, and she was put in care from the age of two. [5], On 4 October 2012, the Metropolitan Police said it would take the national lead in a process of assessing the allegations. I remember them saying I was maladjusted. The CPS requested a retrial, but Judge Mercer, who has since died, ruled Mount was too frail to face further legal proceedings. I knew he remembered. The police would not listen back then, and the system would not listen - but I survived him., If you have been affected by this article, there is a range of help and support available at BBC Action Line. For the third time, he was free to return to Brookside, where he picked up the mantle of head teacher once more. By 1974, police had been informed of more allegations against Mount. But as soon as he was interviewed, he completely changed. The debate was on whether historical sexual abuse investigations had descended into "media witch-hunts". Gene Edwards first heard the name Jack Mount in 1999, when he was tasked with interviewing ex-Brookside pupils whose names had come up during one of Greater Manchesters largest ever child abuse investigations. I looked around and it seemed to me that the kids werent happy. Stephens abuse began in much the same way as the others - while doing chores in the barn. We believed each of the complainants. I was shocked. He couldnt understand why we were so upset., Mount lied about his age to get into the Royal Signals. His victims included a dying young boy who confided in his parents before he died that he was being molested at Great Ormond Street Hospital, which was just one of 14 medical sites where Savile preyed on his victims after gaining the trust of staff (The Independent, 12 January, 2013 Savile Used Celebrity Status to Become Britains Most Prolific Sexual Predator). When it found there had been no wrongdoing, he tried to sue the force. Arrested in South London, and given bail, alongside Gambaccini. The defence argued the evidence showed mutual love and affection. [Jack] just said Philip - and I started doing it [for him]. Cliff Richard and the Wrath of God. Hed come in and carry the girls out of the dorm - wed all be there wondering who hed pick tonight. [22], In late 2015, Operation Yewtree was folded into Operation Winter Key, the Met's component of Operation Hydrant. I just remember them saying her hymens broken. [16] On 11 December, the Metropolitan Police stated that the investigation of the abuse undertaken by Savile had been completed and the report into his alleged offending, Giving Victims a Voice, was released in January 2013. Whether it is examined fully enough to disperse the growing sense of queasiness at the sight of three men, however wronged, being given an hour to air their grievances a number of years on at a time when we know that sexual assault is endemic, rape convictions are at an all-time low and womens rights are under attack on ever more fronts, Im not sure. Operation Yewtree was set up in 2012 to examine alleged sexual abuse by Savile, and subsequently dealt with sexual assault cases involving other celebrities including Rolf Harris, Gary Glitter . Another part looked into Saviles time at the BBC, which was led by Dame Janet Smith, who had headed the inquiry into serial killer, Harold Shipman. Operation Yewtree was a British police investigation into sexual abuse allegations, predominantly the abuse of children, against the English media personality Jimmy Savile and others. It was the Yewtree effect that spurred Tricia on to report her father the same year. The court heard victims were as young as eight but they were portrayed as willing participants and obsessed with sex by the defence. All my life, Id been battered and abused - I had no idea what was right or wrong., Marina Musker, leaning on the sign at far right, was beaten by Mount on several occasions. But these girls have to be protected whether they like it or not., Children said the abuse took place all over the school grounds. Why werent we included? This time, the Crown Prosecution Service charged Mount with 50 sex abuse offences against children. The diamond jubilee celebrations and Prince Charles calling Her Maj Mummy so that we all went: Aww! It was even the wettest summer in 100 years, which didnt seem like something to celebrate at the time, but, in drought-stricken retrospect looks like the planets last, dying gift to us. [109][111] The period containing most frequent offending was between 1966 and 1976 (when he was aged 4050),[110][111][113] coinciding with his "peak [celebrity] status". Told through the eyes of those at the heart of the crimes, Crimes That Shook Britain analyses the events that led to such atrocities before examining the devastating effects that they have left in their wake. Its been one long nightmare for me and my family.. About. Mounts school in the Shropshire countryside was the focus of several trials. It was clear from his autobiography - self-published to mark his 90th birthday - that he enjoyed numerous extra-marital romances while away from home and he censored little about the many women he wooed, even including details of sleeping with a woman in Bologna while his wife was pregnant. Arrested around the same time as Davidson. It was, however, cold comfort for the mum of four, who has struggled with her mental health, been in trouble with the police and suffered violent relationships. "We didn't have sufficient resources in place. So I buried it.. Arrested in North London on suspicion of sexual offences. I was distraught. By 1974, police had been informed of more allegations against Mount. One newspaper report described Mount as "dapper", Tricia says growing up with Mount as a father was like being under his spell. It was also reported that Savile committed a number of offences while on BBC premises where he had worked between 1965 and 2006, including a sexual assault during the recording of the final episode of Top of the Pops in 2006 (Evening Standard, 11 January, 2013 Savile: The Full Horror). [60] On 8 February 2017, Harris was cleared of three charges. 214 criminal offences were recorded against Saviles name in 28 police forces, including 34 rapes. I thought, if I get home, mum will get the police, but she did not get the police, she called Mr Mount, says Stephen, who later moved to Nevada when he was adopted by a US army captain. I thought it sounded great, says Philip Fowler, who was taken there in 1964, when he was nine. He had his eyes closed. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? To contact the BBC about the story, email newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk, Photo credits: Alamy, Philip Fowler, Historic England, Tricia Newbold, Press Association, Shropshire Archives, SWNS. They found 19 people they could put forward in the case against Mount, including Tricia. According to this documentary, by the end of it, three years later, 26 men were charged and 10 of them convicted including high-profile names such as Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris, Dave Lee Travis and Max Clifford. He just said, it was a long time ago, whats wrong with you? his daughter Tricia recalls. It was in the coach house that Philip alleges Mount raped him. I was just a kid.. [3] In 2019, Louis Theroux compared Operation Yewtree to sexual abuse allegations made against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, which led to the Weinstein effect and created a global trend in which powerful men were accused of sexual misconduct. When they questioned the gall he had in revealing his affairs, he was perplexed. 14 of his offences were committed at schools; children would write to Savile and ask to appear on his popular TV show, Jimll Fix It. Jack Mount came across as a nice guy. Now I know that [was] his way of getting to you.. Even after divorcing Tricias mother, Mount kept Beth close, controlling her finances for the rest of her life and inviting her and their children to family gatherings with his second wife, Elizabeth. [156] Richard Henriques conducted an inquiry into the Metropolitan Police's sexual abuse investigations and was critical of the handling of Operation Midland but reserved praise for Operation Yewtree. Operation Yewtree has three strands. In the 1980s and in 2003 he was investigated by the Met, between 2007 and 2009 he was investigated by Surrey Police and in 2008 he was investigated by Jersey Police. Gavin spoke to between 30 and 50 victims on the case, many of whom did not want to give evidence. If it wasnt for what happened to us, it would have been a nice place.. [133] On 10 September 2015, three men were arrested as part of Operation Ravine, including Jonathan King. Ah, 2012! Tricia Mount recalls a somewhat happy childhood, albeit one that was controlled by her strict and authoritarian father. But Id been groomed from an early age. His son by his second marriage rejected all the allegations made against his father. He had gone to get hay when he heard his head teachers voice in the darkness. The guilt of not saying anything sooner has tormented Tricia for years. [78], Starr later filed a defamation claim against an accuser who claimed that he groped her in Jimmy Savile's dressing room after appearing on Clunk Click when she was 15 in 1974. The operation involves at least 69 police officers and staff members and has already cost more than $2.7 million, according to figures obtained by The Independent newspaper through a Freedom of. [113], Allegations associating Savile with abuse at Jersey children's home Haut de la Garenne were made in 2008, during Savile's lifetime. [122] The BBC restated a "sincere apology to the victims". Matthew Kelly was also arrested in 2003, but subsequently cleared of all charges. [154][155], In February 2016, the late Irish Supreme Court Judge Adrian Hardiman criticised the methods used by Operation Yewtree, particularly the treatment of Paul Gambaccini, as well as the investigations of Cliff Richard and the Operation Midland cases of Leon Brittan and Edwin Bramall, for what he described as the radical undermining of the presumption of innocence. All this time, all this information, and all these people who had been hurt - and the establishment were still questioning us, says Amadu. Only now has the man found the courage to report his shocking allegations to officers from Scotland Yard's Operation Yewtree . In 1960, he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy after he asked for his autograph at a hotel. He got away with it again and again.. The evidence was there, says Gail. When she was older and her father suggested she worked at Brookside, Tricia agreed, becoming one of several family members he employed. . He had such a hold over people psychologically. Marina Musker, who arrived a year later in 1976, says Mount became increasingly brazen. At the back of the property, a large wood towered over the leaded bay windows; to the front were rolling fields, with views of lush countryside stretching miles towards Worcestershire. I was gutted I didnt get my chance to have my say - we were pushed back into a corner like we were children again. [153] Although the case against Dave Lee Travis resulted in a conviction on one count of indecent assault for groping an adult woman's breast for 15 seconds in 1995, Rosie Millard and Carole Malone wrote separate opinion pieces in The Independent and The Daily Mirror respectively in which they questioned whether police resources should have been spent pursuing other crimes. 10 August 2022 This year marks ten years since the launch of Operation Yewtree, a police investigation that put some of Britain's biggest entertainers in the dock for historic sex crimes. Mr Spindler said: "We have learnt a lot in this type of investigation. She says she had never seen or suspected a thing, despite her own traumatic experience. [136] King stood trial in June 2018 but the jury was discharged for legal reasons. I got jumped all over. [75] He was convicted of an additional 14 charges in December 2016. We didn't have the knowledge and the skills amongst our more general detectives. In May 2013, The New York Times reported that "at least 69 police officers and staff members" were involved in the operation and that many of the suspects were celebrities. As their head teacher took his place at the top table and picked up his cutlery, it was a signal they were allowed to begin eating. "[12] The operation follows three strands: allegations against Savile, allegations against Savile and others, and allegations just involving others. If wed all been able to go in together and face a jury nobody could have given an acquittal on that., The cases were heard at the courthouse in Barnstaple. Commander Peter Spindler, head of specialist crime investigations,[8] said, "At this stage it is quite clear from what women are telling us that Savile was a predatory sex offender. And then hed put his hand up your nightie. "We completely underestimated the swing in the public mood at the time and the coverage this was going to get. And then, I think, there were some sporting events afterwards. The third strand concentrates on accusations unconnected to the Savile investigations but which emerged as a result of the publicity surrounding Savile. Not only would there not be a retrial, but the third trial would not take place at all: Mount was again in the clear. Giving Victims a Voice also highlighted some examples of how Savile had preyed on his victims. It is my belief that they were telling the truth, it was their mannerisms and the modus operandi - it was so, so similar in every story, says Gene. She spent years in a string of local authority childrens homes and boarding schools in Leeds and Nottingham. For the second time, Gail and Marina were told they would not be able to give evidence - this time because statements they had made in the 1970s could not be traced, despite Gails social care records confirming she had been interfered with. Almost as soon as she hung up, Mount appeared and beat her black and blue. He was put into care in Moss Side, Manchester, then three years later, in 1965, sent to Brookside. Gambaccini and Richard talk freely, with passion and vulnerability about their cases and experiences. I didnt know what a hymen was, says Gail. In September 2016, Wheeler was charged with five counts of indecent assault. And while he suspected other pupils were being abused, he kept silent. Jack Mount lived another three years. The allegations were disgusting and ridiculous, he told reporters, vowing to once again take legal action against West Mercia Police. Ill have a word with Mr Mount, the boy replied. 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