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| Jimmy Savile removed from Scarborough honour list | Jimmy Savile removed from Scarborough honour list |
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| Jimmy Savile's name is to be removed from the list of Honorary Freemen of the Borough of Scarborough, councillors have decided. | Jimmy Savile's name is to be removed from the list of Honorary Freemen of the Borough of Scarborough, councillors have decided. |
| His name should be removed as a gesture of support to his 300 alleged victims who he abused over six decades, councillors said. | His name should be removed as a gesture of support to his 300 alleged victims who he abused over six decades, councillors said. |
| The former DJ and broadcaster was awarded the accolade in 2005. | The former DJ and broadcaster was awarded the accolade in 2005. |
| It was given to celebrate his links with the North Yorkshire resort, where he owned a second home and was buried. | It was given to celebrate his links with the North Yorkshire resort, where he owned a second home and was buried. |
| Special privileges | |
| Conservative councillor Tom Fox, who proposed the motion, said: "This council wishes to send its heartfelt support to, and acknowledge the courage of, those who have come forward having suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of the alleged serial predatory sexual offender Sir Jimmy Savile." | Conservative councillor Tom Fox, who proposed the motion, said: "This council wishes to send its heartfelt support to, and acknowledge the courage of, those who have come forward having suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of the alleged serial predatory sexual offender Sir Jimmy Savile." |
| If Scarborough Borough Council had been aware of the alleged abuse at the time of Savile's nomination, members would have refused it, Mr Fox added. | |
| Savile's name is to be removed from the honour board pending the final report from the Metropolitan Police's investigations into the allegations against Savile. | |
| Historically, anyone made a Freeman of the Borough of Scarborough was exempt from tolls and given special privileges. | Historically, anyone made a Freeman of the Borough of Scarborough was exempt from tolls and given special privileges. |
| It is still awarded to "persons of distinction and any persons who have rendered eminent services to the borough". | It is still awarded to "persons of distinction and any persons who have rendered eminent services to the borough". |
| Scarborough has granted freeman status to 20 individuals and groups since 1974, including playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn, retired boxer Paul Ingle and the Yorkshire Regiment. | Scarborough has granted freeman status to 20 individuals and groups since 1974, including playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn, retired boxer Paul Ingle and the Yorkshire Regiment. |
| 'Out of respect' | |
| The vote to erase Savile's name from the list of Honorary Freemen comes just under a month after his gravestone was removed from Woodlands Cemetery in Scarborough. | |
| His family said the headstone had been dismantled "out of respect to public opinion" following the allegations he had sexually abused girls. | |
| Earlier in October, a footpath sign in Scarborough commemorating Savile was taken down by the borough council. | |
| A plaque outside his flat in Scarborough was also removed after the words "rapist" and "paedophile" were written on it. |