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| Ex-policeman investigated over Savile | |
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| A former West Yorkshire policeman is being investigated by a police watchdog over claims he intervened on behalf of Jimmy Savile. | |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is looking into whether the ex-inspector inappropriately contacted Surrey Police ahead of a police interview in 2009. | |
| Savile has been accused of abusing hundreds of victims during his career. | |
| Victims' groups have reacted with fury to the transcript of the interview. | |
| It included repeated denials by Savile that he had abused women and girls without their consent. | |
| The investigation follows a direction from the IPCC to West Yorkshire Police to record and refer the conduct of the former inspector, identified in a Surrey Police report as 'Inspector 5'. | |
| The IPCC said it hoped to announce decisions shortly in relation to a further referral from West Yorkshire Police, and in relation to information supplied by a number of other forces. | |
| "This follows our earlier request to forces to review material they hold to establish whether there are any conduct matters in respect of police officers which should be referred to the IPCC." |