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A 73-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences as part of a police operation prompted by the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal. | A 73-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences as part of a police operation prompted by the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal. |
Scotland Yard said the man was arrested in north London earlier. | |
Operation Yewtree is the investigation into abuse by Savile and others, and police said allegations against the man held were not linked to the late DJ. | |
Savile died in 2011 and a police report later called him a "predatory" offender who abused more than 200 people. | |
The latest arrest takes the total number of people arrested under Operation Yewtree to 17, and so far seven of those have been told they will face no further action. | |
Another five remain on police bail, including former pop star Gary Glitter, comedian Freddie Starr and veteran broadcaster Paul Gambaccini. | |
All the men deny any wrongdoing. |
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