Max Clifford arrested in sex offences investigation
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Metropolitan Police officers have arrested another man as part of Operation Yewtree, the investigation into historic sex offences.
Max Clifford, one of the UK's leading public relations experts, has been arrested by detectives investigating historic sex offences.
In a brief statement, Scotland Yard said that officers had arrested a man in his 60s in connection with the investigation.
The BBC understands that Mr Clifford was arrested by Metropolitan Police officers working on Operation Yewtree.
The man was arrested at 07:40 GMT on suspicion of sexual offences and taken to a central London police station.
Scotland Yard said officers had arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of sexual offences and had taken him to central London police station.
The individual is the sixth to be questioned as part of the operation.
Max Clifford is one of the most influential figures in British media.
The Metropolitan Police launched Operation Yewtree after revelations that the late Jimmy Savile sexually abused young people during his broadcasting career. The Yewtree investigation has three separate parts.
He is the the sixth person to be questioned as part of the operation.
One is looking at the actions of Jimmy Savile while the other two strands are investigations into allegations against "Savile and others" and, separately, complaints against other people.
The Metropolitan Police launched Operation Yewtree after revelations that the late Jimmy Savile sexually abused young people during his broadcasting career.
Scotland Yard said the man arrested on Thursday morning had been arrested as part of the last category of the operation.
The operation has three strands.
Overall, five people have been arrested and a sixth has been questioned as part of the investigations, sparked after the scale of Jimmy Savile's abuse was uncovered.
One is looking at the actions of Jimmy Savile while the other two strands are investigations into allegations against "Savile and others" and, separately, complaints against other people - ie not involving Jimmy Savile.
Beyond the police, the Department of Health are investigating into its own conduct in appointing Jimmy Savile to lead a "taskforce" to oversee the management of high security psychiatric hospital Broadmoor in 1998 and it is also probing Savile's activities at Broadmoor, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary.
Scotland Yard said the man arrested on Thursday morning had been arrested as part of this last category of the operation.
The Director of Public Prosecutions is also reviewing a historic decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute Savile amid allegations before he died.
