Operation Yewtree
British police investigation against Jimmy Savile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. The investigation, led by the Metropolitan Police (Met), started in October 2012. After a period of assessment, it became a full criminal investigation, involving inquiries into living people, notably other celebrities,[1] as well as Savile, who had died the previous year.
Operation Yew Tree | |
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Operation Name | Operation Yew Tree |
Scope | Domestic |
Roster | |
Initiated by | Metropolitan Police |
Executed by | U.K Metropolitan Police, South Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police |
Countries Participated | United Kingdom |
Mission | |
Target | Jimmy Savile (and others) |
Timeline | |
Date begin | 19 October 2012 |
Date end | 2015 |
Results | |
Arrests | 19 |
Convictions | 7 |
Accounting |
The report of the investigations into the activities of Savile himself was published, as Giving Victims a Voice, in January 2013. Operation Yewtree continued as an investigation into others, some, but not all, linked with Savile. By October 2015, 19 people had been arrested by Operation Yewtree;[2] seven of these arrests led to convictions. The "Yewtree effect" has been credited for an increase in the number of reported sex crimes,[3] while the operation also sparked a debate on police procedure and rights of those accused of sex crimes.