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| Jimmy Savile producer Ted Beston to face no further action | Jimmy Savile producer Ted Beston to face no further action |
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| Ted Beston, Jimmy Savile's former BBC Radio 1 producer arrested and bailed in December on suspicion of sexual offences, is to face no further action due to insufficient evidence, according to Scotland Yard. | Ted Beston, Jimmy Savile's former BBC Radio 1 producer arrested and bailed in December on suspicion of sexual offences, is to face no further action due to insufficient evidence, according to Scotland Yard. |
| The Metropolitan police confirmed on Tuesday that after consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service it had decided there was insufficient evidence to proceed with a prosecution in the case of Beston, who was the eighth person to be arrested and bailed as part of Operation Yewtree on 19 December. | The Metropolitan police confirmed on Tuesday that after consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service it had decided there was insufficient evidence to proceed with a prosecution in the case of Beston, who was the eighth person to be arrested and bailed as part of Operation Yewtree on 19 December. |
| "A man in his 70s ['Yewtree 8'] who was arrested on 19 December 2012 on suspicion of sexual offences has today been informed that no further action will be taken by police. The investigation found that there was insufficient evidence to support a prosecution," the Met said in a statement. | "A man in his 70s ['Yewtree 8'] who was arrested on 19 December 2012 on suspicion of sexual offences has today been informed that no further action will be taken by police. The investigation found that there was insufficient evidence to support a prosecution," the Met said in a statement. |
| "The decision was made by the police that there was insufficient evidence to proceed. There was early investigative consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, but in accordance with the DPP's guidance on charging, the police did not submit the case for full CPS advice to decide the outcome." | "The decision was made by the police that there was insufficient evidence to proceed. There was early investigative consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, but in accordance with the DPP's guidance on charging, the police did not submit the case for full CPS advice to decide the outcome." |
| Beston was arrested at 6.30am on 19 December and taken to a south London police station. | Beston was arrested at 6.30am on 19 December and taken to a south London police station. |
| He was arrested as part of Operation Yewtree, the investigation into allegations of sex abuse surrounding Savile and others, and fell under the strand termed "Savile and others". | He was arrested as part of Operation Yewtree, the investigation into allegations of sex abuse surrounding Savile and others, and fell under the strand termed "Savile and others". |
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